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Re: electric power surplus



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From: "Bernard Cleyet" <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>

The advance in life span is mainly do to the reduction in childhood
mortality.
In a region of India neonates are not treated as "people" until they are a
week
or more? old. After that, if they die, they are ceremonial buried, etc.
We do
the same(legally), only it's after the second trimester.

bc

Childhood mortality _is_ part of the story, but look at the percentage of
the population over 70 in developed countries versus say central African
countries, and THERE IS a major difference. We are (on average) living
longer--hence the coming crisis in the US social security system. Here we
can again thank improved medical technology and improved nutrition and
indeed technology as a whole (safer cars for example) for the truly longer
life spans.

Rick

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