Let Us Eat Cake
To his relief, France has taken another path: Almost 80 percent of its electricity comes from nuclear reactors. What's more, France has a talent for eating its cake and having it, too: Although it signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol, the country is nowhere near meeting the agreed targets."Ma Verite Sur la Planete'' is published by Plon/Fayard (240 pages, 18 euros).
Jean de Kervasdoue, a health expert, also stresses the benefits of nuclear power, noting that it emits only a small fraction of the greenhouse gas that comes from burning coal, oil or gas. His pet peeve, though, is genetically modified food.In"Les Precheurs de l'Apocalypse'' ("The Doomsday Preachers''), Kervasdoue decries how shrill and sometimes violent campaigners have prevented GM foods from gaining a foothold in Europe. They way they talk, he says, ``it sounds as if Martians are attacking the Earth.''
Insulin and Obesity
In fact, genetically modified organisms have proved highly beneficial to mankind, he argues, pointing to insulin, an artificially created hormone that has saved the lives of countless diabetes sufferers. A much greater danger to health and life expectancy, he says, is obesity-even though the food that European fatsoes ingest is"natural.''Kervasdoue also has politically incorrect things to say about asbestos and Chernobyl. The motto of his book comes from Marcel Proust:"Facts don't enter a world dominated by our beliefs.''Segolene Royal, the Socialist who lost the presidential election to Nicolas Sarkozy, would never utter such heresies. Her new book,Ma' Plus Belle Histoire, C'est Vous'' ("My Most Beautiful Story Is You''), pays homage to the"fight against global warming and the protection of our planet.''
Political Hodgepodge
Royal does own up to a few political mistakes, such as not paying enough attention to Socialist heavyweights during her campaign. Yet the main reason for her defeat, she insists, was the lukewarm support from her own party:"How is it that the attacks came more from the left than from the right?''She stands by her outlandish proposals, such as creating citizens' juries to oversee parliament and having the military deal with unruly juveniles. The political platform set forth in her book is the same hodgepodge of empty slogans that failed to convince a majority of French voters.Yet Royal makes it clear that she's determined to run again."It's a solemn promise,'' she says."It's my way of telling you: With me, politics will never again be made without you.''
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To his relief, France has taken another path: Almost 80 percent of its electricity comes from nuclear reactors. What's more, France has a talent for eating its cake and having it, too: Although it signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol, the country is nowhere near meeting the agreed targets."Ma Verite Sur la Planete'' is published by Plon/Fayard (240 pages, 18 euros).
Jean de Kervasdoue, a health expert, also stresses the benefits of nuclear power, noting that it emits only a small fraction of the greenhouse gas that comes from burning coal, oil or gas. His pet peeve, though, is genetically modified food.In"Les Precheurs de l'Apocalypse'' ("The Doomsday Preachers''), Kervasdoue decries how shrill and sometimes violent campaigners have prevented GM foods from gaining a foothold in Europe. They way they talk, he says, ``it sounds as if Martians are attacking the Earth.''
Insulin and Obesity
In fact, genetically modified organisms have proved highly beneficial to mankind, he argues, pointing to insulin, an artificially created hormone that has saved the lives of countless diabetes sufferers. A much greater danger to health and life expectancy, he says, is obesity-even though the food that European fatsoes ingest is"natural.''Kervasdoue also has politically incorrect things to say about asbestos and Chernobyl. The motto of his book comes from Marcel Proust:"Facts don't enter a world dominated by our beliefs.''Segolene Royal, the Socialist who lost the presidential election to Nicolas Sarkozy, would never utter such heresies. Her new book,Ma' Plus Belle Histoire, C'est Vous'' ("My Most Beautiful Story Is You''), pays homage to the"fight against global warming and the protection of our planet.''
Political Hodgepodge
Royal does own up to a few political mistakes, such as not paying enough attention to Socialist heavyweights during her campaign. Yet the main reason for her defeat, she insists, was the lukewarm support from her own party:"How is it that the attacks came more from the left than from the right?''She stands by her outlandish proposals, such as creating citizens' juries to oversee parliament and having the military deal with unruly juveniles. The political platform set forth in her book is the same hodgepodge of empty slogans that failed to convince a majority of French voters.Yet Royal makes it clear that she's determined to run again."It's a solemn promise,'' she says."It's my way of telling you: With me, politics will never again be made without you.''
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aVvwX1RTVGr8&refer=muse
As in the days of Noah....