Hello,

I thought the group might find the article "CHAOS THEORY AND TRACE MINERAL
ANALYSIS" of interest:

http://www.redflagsweekly.com/discovery/2002_june03.html

Mike

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At 04:00 PM 9/25/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>There are 2 messages totalling 40 lines in this issue.
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>Topics of the day:
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>   1. Salmon farming's hidden costs
>   2. Human population in environmental history
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>Date:    Wed, 25 Sep 2002 06:10:05 -0500
>From:    Keith Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Salmon farming's hidden costs
>
>New Scientist of 21 September 2002 has the following in an inspiring
>interview with Alexandra Morton, a (truly) independent scientist.
><How has salmon farming affected the whales?  I hear the whales maybe
>twice a year from my house.  It used to be twice a week, before the salmon
>farms arrived.  For the first few years it was all OK and I thought, this
>is good, it will bring jobs and more families.  Then the whole thing
>started to unravel.  The farms brought parasites, bacteria and viruses,
>and the loud underwater noisemakers they use to repel the seals also drove
>the whales away.  This industry would never have been allowed on land.
>Youd have a huge excrement smear, and youd have escapees wandering around
>with oozing sores.
>There are more fish farms here every year.  The place is going straight
>down.  What it boils down to is that the alternative to farmed salmon -
>wild salmon - are a political nightmare...salmon need so much habitat.>
>
>This reminds me of the line from John Gray's recent memorable article on
>the (human) population crisis: <The lush natural world in which humans
>evolved is being rapidly transformed into a largely prosthetic
>environment.>
>
>Keith
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>Date:    Wed, 25 Sep 2002 07:07:48 -0500
>From:    Keith Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Human population in environmental history
>
>I referred in my post on salmon farming earlier today to the important
>essay by John Gray. I have had John's permission to reproduce his <wake up
>call> at http://www.evfit.com/population.htm
>
>Keith
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