The Pills May Not Be Working...
The present media interest in Swine Flu and the worry that we may not have the right medicine to stop or cure it has brought to our attention that "We" the Human race have always had to continually find ways to counteract what nature throws at us. Sometimes, the Human body manages to become immune to many of the viruses and diseases that exist. Hopefully, we improve matters but sometimes we make the situation worse. Sometimes natural selection would probably have played it's part and the weak would fall away and the strong would survive.
By now, we know a lot about the climate change debate and how we are told that we must change our "Wicked Ways" to save the planet and Humanity. But I did hear on another Science Radio Programme on the BBC World Service only a few days ago that long before climate change has it's effect(or perhaps because of it)many of the drugs(anti-biotics)that we take are losing their effect and if they no longer work...many of the Human race may be wiped out and it could be worse than worrying about Global Warming.
Again, Scientists are still learning and very few things in life are black and white. We work with probables, it is not an exact science. I have heard other broadcasts by scientists that have no particular view to put forward explain that some things that we have done(and some natural forces that we will never be able to influence)have caused the rise in world temperatures.
The sun is hotter than it used* to be so how to we change that? Equally, some of what is in the atmosphere reflects/deflects the sun's rays so if the atmosphere was cleaner perhaps more of the hotter, harmful rays would reach the Earth and cause more problems. It is suggested that the Earth should actually be hotter than it is. Of course, I think the argument is that the warmth that we produce is held underneath this blanket and that is what we have to reduce the effects of carbon and I suppose this where it is compared to the Greenhouse effect.
This is not as straightforward as many governments, experts, pressure groups suggest. The Earth being hotter played it's part in creating life on this planet.
*Though many scientists also say that the sun is cooling down.
By now, we know a lot about the climate change debate and how we are told that we must change our "Wicked Ways" to save the planet and Humanity. But I did hear on another Science Radio Programme on the BBC World Service only a few days ago that long before climate change has it's effect(or perhaps because of it)many of the drugs(anti-biotics)that we take are losing their effect and if they no longer work...many of the Human race may be wiped out and it could be worse than worrying about Global Warming.
Again, Scientists are still learning and very few things in life are black and white. We work with probables, it is not an exact science. I have heard other broadcasts by scientists that have no particular view to put forward explain that some things that we have done(and some natural forces that we will never be able to influence)have caused the rise in world temperatures.
The sun is hotter than it used* to be so how to we change that? Equally, some of what is in the atmosphere reflects/deflects the sun's rays so if the atmosphere was cleaner perhaps more of the hotter, harmful rays would reach the Earth and cause more problems. It is suggested that the Earth should actually be hotter than it is. Of course, I think the argument is that the warmth that we produce is held underneath this blanket and that is what we have to reduce the effects of carbon and I suppose this where it is compared to the Greenhouse effect.
This is not as straightforward as many governments, experts, pressure groups suggest. The Earth being hotter played it's part in creating life on this planet.
*Though many scientists also say that the sun is cooling down.
posted by The Great Gildersleeve | 12:33 am
2 Comments:
Don't panic...!!!
P.S. It's not swine flu...the pigs haven't got it and never had it. It's a human to human thing except in one case where a human gave it to the pigs
Even "real swine flu" was given to them by us humans!
It's what to believe regarding the media stories and I am afraid the worst culprit for me over in the UK is BBC Radio 5 as they also do a lot about climate change...
NOw I don't mind a programme giving me facts or saying here are the two sides of the argument now you decide but some programmes are so biased to a particular view.
One such programme that has changed format and disappoints me is on the BBC World Service so you possibly may hear it in Spain via the net or a local station carrying it, it is called One Planet and they really do go on about climate change with little if any balance.
And yet another programme in a week or so on the same station is looking at certain desserts that appear to be reversing the trend and becoming green again so what is really happening...who knows.
I have heard two scientists without any axe to grind or need to push a particular viewpoint(they even accept the world is warming up)
One even said that in Europe(I'd have to listen again to tell you exactly what he said)but there is a weather pattern in Europe that switches off for ten days every year and for that period the seas and area gets colder than normal.
Then it switches back on again but if that happened and it stayed switched off, the seas would freeze over and Europe would too. So there is so much that we do not know.
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