Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for SurvivalLime Tree, 1992 - 291 pages |
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Page 100
... tion of their mission are manoeuvred into a special " storage orbit , " highly radioactive as they are , and remain there , in principle for- ever .... Present and future space operations are , therefore , threat- ened by space debris ...
... tion of their mission are manoeuvred into a special " storage orbit , " highly radioactive as they are , and remain there , in principle for- ever .... Present and future space operations are , therefore , threat- ened by space debris ...
Page 167
... tion growth remains one of the greatest pressures we have placed on our planet's resources , one of the self - destruct mechanisms we have built into our future prospects . As the experience of India in the time of Sanjay Gandhi's ...
... tion growth remains one of the greatest pressures we have placed on our planet's resources , one of the self - destruct mechanisms we have built into our future prospects . As the experience of India in the time of Sanjay Gandhi's ...
Page 258
... tion above 80 gigajoules should reduce their consumption by 1 percent a year until 2000 , and 2 percent a year after that . ( Canada is now at 291 , the United States at 280 , and the Netherlands at 213 ; Japan , by contrast , is at 110 ...
... tion above 80 gigajoules should reduce their consumption by 1 percent a year until 2000 , and 2 percent a year after that . ( Canada is now at 291 , the United States at 280 , and the Netherlands at 213 ; Japan , by contrast , is at 110 ...
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Our Country, The Planet: Forging A Partnership For Survival Shridath S. Ramphal No preview available - 1992 |
Our Country, The Planet: Forging A Partnership For Survival Shridath S. Ramphal No preview available - 1992 |
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