Posted by
Catmman on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 1:10:33 PM
Yep. Contrary to this sentence in
the article proclaiming impending doom:
"...more research was needed to understand the associated risks of climate change."
What?
Here's eco-reasoning for you: We need "more research to understand the associated risks of climate change", but even with out that same research and understanding, the following
is SURE to happen in Australia.
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:
THE 5.4 million cases of illnesses caused by food each year, including salmonella, are likely to increase.
RURAL Australians risk worsening hygiene from lack of water as well as extra exposure to heat, dust and smoke.
THE infection zone for tropical diseases such as dengue fever, Ross River fever and Japanese encephalitis will move south.
REMOTE Aboriginal communities are particularly vulnerable to water-borne diseases which could increase instances of diarrhoea by 18 per cent by 2050.
"The current pattern of urban development means the obesity problem is going to continue," Prof McMichael said.
MORE Australians will die from heart attacks, strokes and respiratory diseases as the planet heats up, a study has found.
Instances of obesity, food poisoning, and mosquito-borne diseases such as the deadly Ross River fever are also likely to rise as climate change raises average and extreme temperatures.
Lets debunk these in order starting from the top of the list:
1. Food illnesses will increase - How? Why? The article conveniently doesn't say. The article does mention salmonella however. What does heat have to do with this? In my own experience, you don't want to eat any foods or products containing milk type products (Miracle Whip, mayo) on a picnic if the food has been out in the heat for awhile. So you stupid Australians - stop having picnics and parties outside in the heat! Either that or maybe use some ice? Even simpler, don't eat raw eggs maybe? What that has to do with heat though escapes me.
2. Worsening hygiene? Do we really need to go there? I don't want to sound this way, but how hygienic are the aborigines now? They are a tribal people right? Are they keeling over from lack of showers all of a sudden? More smoke? Will australia internally combust if the temp goes up a degree or two? Dust? Isn't it dusty everywhere there is a summer? Extra heat? Question - How do Australians deal with the heat now? Would one degree really make that much of a difference? If so, how about turning the AC down another notch?
3. The best way to stop tropical diseases in their tracks now, let alone waiting for the evil global warming - how about a little DDT? Are these scientists willing to sacrifice some humans if the temps go up instead of using some insecticide? I guess the question is already answered - they don't use it now and people are dying so...
4. Diarrhea? Easy - airdrop in some Imodium morons! While your at it, drop a few bottles of Evian with the Immodium if needed. I'm a little confused by how a 1-2 degree temp increase would cause an increase in water borne diseases all of a sudden, but that's just me.
5. Obesity will continue to be a problem? I thought if global warming attacked the world food supply would be destroyed? Which is it people? Of course asking an enviro-wacko to be consistent is like asking a liberal to pay for their own health care.
6. Heart attacks, strokes, respiratory problems increase. This ones easy - if it's hot outside, stay inside with some AC. How about exercising some common sense?
And now how about some plain old common sense:
You know, I still have yet to have anyone answer this question for me. Maybe it's too hard for a PHD:
If right here where I live, I experience a 30-40 degree shift in temps in just a matter of hours (this morning when I woke up it was 49 degrees. When I leave work today it will be 80 degrees. A localized temperature increase of 31 degrees in less than 12 hours) and I don't explode, the rivers still run and San Antonio doesn't melt into the ground, how is a possible worldwide temp increase of 1 degree is going to kill us all and destroy the planet?
Using some of the alarmist predictions lets ask this question: If the worldwide temperature increases five degrees over the next 100-150 years, how will that lead to all this localized doom and destruction specifically in Australia? Will all the temperature increases localize over Australia? If so, how is that 'global' warming?
Hmmm.
Riddle me that Goracle.