alt.energy.renewable

Mauried wrote:
>
> 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.

I have always had a question about smoking that no one seems to have
an answer to....the average lifespan of a smoker is only 3 to 5 yrs
less than a non smoker and most die of heart attacks just like
non smokers......the only time I did any research on it I came across
a report that added up all the people who died of lung cancer/emphasima
over a few years....and claimed they all were smokers....somehow that
did not make sense...since I know for a fact that a lot of lung
cancer patients are not and have never been smokers.....(my mother
was one)..and probably the same is true of emphasima...it seems to me,
going by life spans that smoking is dangerous....but not excessively
so....

Wonder if the smoking danger is not something like the global warming
danger might be....made a major problem by the media....

thank you for listening to my thoughts.....have fun....sno