alt.energy.renewable

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:56:58 +1100, "00BNZ"
<00BNZ@dooooooooodoooooo.com> wrote:

>In an instantaneous poll, the Wall Street Journal asked the audience to
>select the most pressing societal problem from a list of five that
>included infectious disease (malaria, AIDs, etc.), terrorism and global
>warming.
>
>Global warming was the most popular response, receiving 31 percent of
>the vote, while infectious disease was far behind in last place with
>only 3 percent of the vote.
>
>It's an amazing result given that billions are sickened and millions die
>every year from infectious disease.
>
>The consequences of future global warming, on the other hand, are
>entirely speculative.
>
>
>

Its an entirely predictable result given that people in general dont
know that a problem exists unless they are repeatedly told about it.
How much Media time is being given to Global Warming as compared to
world deaths from infectious diseases.

You might also ask how many people die each year from lung cancer and
heart disease caused by smoking, but does the world think this is a
mjor problem, nope.