C. S. Lewis once wrote of an apocryphal schoolboy who described God as “the sort of person who is always snooping round to see if anyone is enjoying himself and then trying to stop it”. In our secular age, few people have room for God any more, but many have glommed on to a new religion of environmentalism – call it Gaiaism, perhaps. And boy, do they want to stop everyone having fun.
Incandescent light bulbs, plastic straws, cars, meat, international flights (unless you’re one of the climate elect, of course, constantly criss-crossing the globe to lecture the sinners in the pews)…you name it. Now, we asthmatics can add breathing to the list of mortal climate sins.
Many people with asthma could cut their carbon footprint and help save the environment by switching to “greener” medications, UK researchers say.
Making the swap would have as big an “eco” impact as turning vegetarian or becoming an avid recycler, they say.
In other words, nine-tenths of sweet-f.a. difference.
It’s because some inhalers release greenhouse gases linked to global warming.
But the Cambridge University team told BMJ Open patients must check with a doctor before changing medication.
Some patients will not be able to switch and should not be made to feel guilty, they add, and pharmaceutical companies should also look at ways to reduce the carbon footprint of the inhalers they make.
Except that, here they are, making people feel guilty for, you know, not being able to even breathe without killing blessed mother Gaia.
Metered-dose inhalers account for nearly 4% of NHS greenhouse gas emissions, according to experts.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health
So, 4% of the 5.4% of the UK’s greenhouse gases that the NHS is responsible for. That’s a grand total of…0.2% of the UK’s total greenhouse gases.
Which in turn are just 1.2% of global emissions.
So, if all of Britain’s asthmatics chose to make the ultimate sacrifice for Gaia and just stop breathing, that would shave off an astonishing 0.0024% of global greenhouse gases.
These climate zealots really are completely insane.
