Dana P just said that global warming will help save people's lives.

[habitual]

at least that is what i just thought she said... that sure, it might be bad, but that it will also help people in certain climates from dying from colds?????? i heard it in passing, wish i had taped it!

[pitohui]

1. how stupid is that?

i knew a man who died of pneumonia in new orleans, in the french quarter...in july so it was only, i dunno, about 90 degrees and 100 percent humidity

colds, flu, pneumonia are not caused by cold weather, they are proven to be caused by viruses, and this has been known to pretty much everyone for a VERY long time

[Fovea]

2. I have heard that bogus line for so long

it is old enough to buy beer and condoms.

[lpbk2713]

3. Has Dana been reading Doonesbury lately?

:rofl: :rofl:

[rocktivity]

4. The Rethugs' "global warming is a hoax" agrument died

with Al Gore getting the Nobel prize. So it's on to Plan B--find some advantages to it instead of striving to get rid of it.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Forkboy]

5. They are thicker than a whale omelet.

[Cabcere]

16. LOL! I think that's my favorite new expression.

:hi: Thanks, Forkboy.

[Forkboy]

18. Thank Hugh Laurie on Blackadder.

Lots of great quotable lines like that. :)

:hi:

[SteelPenguin]

6. You heard it wrong

What people are talking about is that 10 times as many people die from 'cold', as in exposure to cold, than heat deaths. Like that last heat wave in europe that killed all those, mostly old, people. Ten times that many died from cold exposure.

So what they're saying is that if the temperatures go up more people might die from heat exposure, less people will die from cold exposure.

It comes from that new book by that swedish guy. some skeptical environmentalist thing.

[kestrel91316]

9. Has that Swedish guy ever heard of arthropod-borne diseases?

'Cause we're gonna see a hell of a lot more of THOSE with global warming. I suppose some folks will see it as a good thing......

[SteelPenguin]

11. Yeah

I think the guy means well, but he's doing more harm than good. He's not an apologist, he says warming is happening and that I think he also says humans are responsible.

He's just saying that we're only hearing about the bad things that will happen, like all the polar bears dying, rather than the good stuff, like a northern sea passage cutting the cost of goods or whatever.

I think it's important to admit that there is a bigger picture, but he does it slightly irresponsibly, by showing the so called 'good' things that might happen. It helps negate the reality of a situation which could cause entire places like Florida and Bangladesh to dissapear entirely. It's an example of selective truth being used to blind people to the big picture. It's Spin.

[Horse with no Name]

17. Not to mention the fact

That with fuel prices, many cannot AFFORD heat and MANY will die because of that.
They republicans will make sure this dire prediction comes true this winter, if only to be able to say "I told you so".

[JNelson6563]

7. Oh thank God! I was getting worried for a minute there!

So glad I can cross global warming off of my things-to-worry-about list.

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[Uncle Joe]

8. Well I believe the price of buying a house will drop dramatically

as humanity dies off and we have all these empty homes sitting around with nobody to live in them. Getting the financing will be the bummer as there will be nobody to work at the mortgage companies. I remember that old science fiction movie with Charlton Heston as one of just a handful of survivors in New York City and they had the entire place to them selves, just think of all the hidden benefits of global warming!

[kestrel91316]

10. Oh, good! If I survive 'til retirement, I'll have my pick of nice homes

in lovely locations to retire to for real cheap!

[Didereaux]

12. It might...if she is one of the casualties! n/t

[applegrove]

13. there is much more disease associated with the south. What an idiot!

[spanone]

14. yes, and going to hell helps your hair dry quickly.

[Skidmore]

15. It's all that lead in her Clairol.