Morneau & Murphy

Brought to you as a public service by MORNEAU & MURPHY ATTORNEYS 77 Narragansett Avenue Jamestown, RI 02835 (401) 423-0400 E-mail: jamurphy@jamestownlawyer.com GET USED TO THE FACTS OF LIFE •••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••• In our world economy, there are five principal commodities: grain, meat, oil, coal, and steel. Of these, Chinese consumption now outpac-es the U.S. in all but oil. • • • If Chinese and Indian per capita energy consumption were to rise to the level of the U.S., oil consump-tion from these two countries alone would double today’s global oil consumption. • • • Global population has increased from 2.5 billion in 1950 to 6.6 bil-lion today. That is, it more than doubled in less than sixty years. • • • During the same period, however, human demands upon the earth’s resources increased more than 400%. • • • The prudent among us will keep these facts of life in mind. If our leaders fail to, we shall all suffer the consequences. <EMAIL>jamurphy@jamestownlawyer.com</EMAIL>