Hi Jose >Keith: > >Thanks for articles such as this one. You do a wonderful job at >putting things into the proper perspective.
Thankyou Jose! I think it's relevant, considering who in the world wastes so much energy (along with everything else) and who else in the world doesn't get to have any as a result. http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_404.html#energyuse >I live in a developing country and have high aspirations to help the >people around me to change situations such as the ones described >below. I hope others can see what you are doing. I think they can, many it seems. I had some offlist responses to this message, I get quite a few like that. And a LOT via feedback from people who visit our website. This is from two of today's batch: >I dont bother writing mail much; but I was very touched by the >issues you are interested in, as they are the kind of topics where a >individual person can make a lot of difference. > >I see the world divided up into those who care and are making >positive changes to readdress the balance; and those who dont care >and just want to have the "Am allright Jack attitude"...Rather like >the opposite ends of a see-saw... but meanwhile theres a lot of >people sitting on the fence...who know its wrong to carry on >destroying and pillaging our planet, yet helpless to make changes. > >Am sure with websites like yours and enough people setting an >example by being an example.... this may very be the catalyst we all >need to tip the scales towards a golden age we all deserve. > >Thanks again, and be sure there are folks like me and my friends who >are influenced by the info you have gathered. And: >I am really impressed and moved by the contents of your site in >general - you have brought tgether some wonderful material which >needs bringing to as wide an audience as possible We get tons of stuff like this. It's very encouraging! Best wishes, and thanks again Keith Addison Journey to Forever >Regards, > >Jose > >Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >http://learningpartnership.org/facts/global.phtml >Women's Learning Partnership > >Facts and Figures >Globalization >....Inequitable Distribution > >* Among the 4.4 billion people who live in developing countries > >* THREE-FIFTHS have no access to basic sanitation > >* Almost ONE-THIRD are without safe drinking water > >* ONE-QUARTER lack adequate housing > >* ONE-FIFTH live beyond reach of modern health services > >* ONE-FIFTH of the children do not get as far as grade five in school > >* ONE-FIFTH are undernourished > >* The 3 RICHEST PEOPLE in the world own assets that exceed the >combined gross national product of ALL LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES and >their 600 million people. > >* The richest 20% of the world's population enjoys a share in global >income that is 86 times that of the poorest 20%. > >* More than 1.2 billion people in the world live on less that $1 a >day. More than 50% of them are children. Nearly 1 billion cannot meet >their basic consumption requirements. > >* The assets of the 200 richest people are more than the combined >income of 41% of the world's people. > >A yearly contribution of 1% of their wealth or $8 billion could >provide universal access to primary education for all. > >* Industrialized countries hold 97% of all patents, and global >corporations hold 90% of all technology and product patents. > >* Over 80% of foreign direct investment in developing and transtition >economies goes to just 20 countries, with China receiving the maximum >share. > >* Debt relief for the 20 worst affected countries would cost between >US $5.5 billion to $7.7 billion, LESS than the cost of ONE stealth >bomber. > >....Inequitable Consumption > >* Basic education for all would cost $6 BILLION a year; > >$8 BILLION is spent annually for cosmetics in the United States alone. > >* Installation of water and sanitation for all would cost $9 BILLION >plus some annual costs; > >$11 BILLION is spent annually on ice cream in Europe. > >* Reproductive health services for all women would cost $12 BILLION a year; > >$12 BILLION a year is spent on perfumes in Europe and the United States. > >* Basic health care and nutrition would cost $13 BILLION; > >$17 BILLION a year is spent on pet food in Europe and the United States. >$35 BILLION is spent on business entertainment in Japan; >$50 BILLION on cigarettes in Europe; >$105 BILLION on alcoholic drinks in Europe; >$400 BILLION on narcotic drugs around the world; and >$780 BILLION on the world's militaries. > >* 20% of the world's people in industrialized countries account for >86% of total private consumption expenditures, >while the poorest 20% account for 1.3% > >* The overall consumption of the richest 20% of the world's people is >16 times that of the poorest 20%. > >* The share of the poorest 20% of the world's people in global income >is 1.1%, down from 1.4% in 1991. > >* There are 16 cars per 1,000 people in developing countries and 405 >cars per 1,000 people in industrialized countries. > >* On average, developing countries have one doctor for every 6,000 >people whereas industrialized countries have one for every 350 people. > >Sources: >United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2000 >(New York: Oxford University Press, 2000); >________, Human Development Report 1999 (New York: Oxford University >Press, 1999); > ________, Human Development Report 1998 (New York: Oxford University >Press, 1998). ------------------------ Yahoo! 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