Bob Martin wrote:
in 221754 20070308 231307 Simon Wyndham wrote:
Bonos Ego wrote:
Just finished watching the programme, one word Brilliant.
Yes it was. Just a shame that the global warming brigade are so powerful
that nobody will take any notice of it.


Perhaps, but it takes a special kind of naivety (or worse) to think that we can
go on pumping millions of tons of crap into our atmosphere without any
detrimental effects.


Happily, it did not suggest for a moment that pollution was anything but a bad
idea. Essentially, it provided data on any causal link between higher
temperature and higher CO2, and demonstrated that the latter is caused by the
former, not vice versa.

The weak point in the programme was that an African woman was shown lighting a
fire indoors, causing serious health risks to herself and her children. A
debate ensued about the provision of electricity from coal, oil, wind, or solar.
In fact, what she really needed was to have a chimney built into the room -
that would solve her immediate problem and would not place on her the burden of
obtaining money to pay for electricity (from whatever source) were that even
possible.


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Gianna

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