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As Canada’s Environment Minister pushes forward plans to dramatically cut carbon emissions, she is lashing out at “gender climate deniers” who fail to acknowledge that in a warming world, women fare worse.
clipe
Who needs help screwing in a light bulb?
Debunking “Climate Barbie’s” green energy claims (Canada)
clipe
@AK, Apr 25, 2017 at 9:22 AM
Currently broadcasting on Radio 4, Graham MacGregor , an anti-salt guru. Turned me off in the first few minutes with a statement (later repeated) that no mammal eats salt. Having camped near salt licks in Northern Saskatchewan, I know this to be totally wrong. I saw more wildlife there than anywhere else.
Apr 25, 2017 at 12:18 PM
Most of what Graham MacGregor had to say seemed reasonable with some of it backed by double-blind testing results. However, I couldn't unconditionally accept it because of the initial falsehood I previously mentioned. Crass stupidity on his part, all for a completely unnecessary (and easily demonstrably inaccurate) sound-bite.
"Turned me off in the first few minutes with a [untrue] statement"
Same with me. If the false statement of fact occurs later in programme, all before and after is doubted.
Salt-licks - there is a human one in Carlisle Castle dungeon.
Salt consumption: Bears - Polar eat seals, Brown eat salmon.
Which mammals need to consume salt? No idea. Humans sweat saline, some mammals don't sweat.
Pcar
@SandyS, Apr 25, 2017 at 8:14 AM
Are you suggesting we move back to "Bristol Time" without calling it that?
As the Greenwich Meridian passes through a large part of France (i'm closer to it here than I was in Derby or Perthshire) and Spain it would make more sense for them to switch to GMT/BST; national sensibilities and pride get in the way of that. Being further West compounds the problem, Stornoway time will be different from Edinburgh time.
Bristol Time/GMT - call it whatever you want.
CET is a mess. Bits of Spain further west than Portugal/RoI
USA has 4 time zones across east/west ~double width of EU's single time zone.
@Glebekinvara, Apr 25, 2017 at 8:36 AM
We tried CET in Ireland when we joined the EEC. After 2 years we went back to GMT - even then sunrise in Galway is 40 minutes after it happens in Greenwich. Spain being on CET is a bit of lunacy. The 10ºW longitude passes through A Coruna so their sunrise is 40 minutes after Greenwich and 1hr 40 mins after Berlin time.
Embarrassed I didn't know that. Thanks for info.
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...While the ‘official’ reason for Daylight Delusional Time is increased productivity and decreased fuel/electricity consumption, I remember when we were told it was done for the children, so they weren’t waiting for the school bus in the dark. It doesn’t matter they were waiting in the dark all winter. Come spring, let there be light. God forbid we actually change when school opens to keep them out of the dark.Before that we were told it was for the farmer, because Bessie the cow, lacking an opposable thumb, couldn’t change the time on their hoof watch, thereby forcing the farmer to personally visit each cow twice a year to adjust their watches and bond with Bessie while doing so. After all, a happy cow is a better cow for the milk and leather industry...
Pcar
@mike fowle, Apr 25, 2017 at 8:12 AM
The only point I was trying to make is that if you work for a number of different clients a "universal" holiday is welcome as a time when most people will be on holiday.
Yep, I understood that first time. However, "universal" holiday no longer exists.
If you favour UK "universal" holiday, then it means everything is shut: TV, public-transport, shops, hotels, fast-food etc. What about police, fire, nhs, rnli - should they too have "universal" holiday?
"universal" holiday:- everyone sits at home bored - is that your desire?
Abolish the BHs and allow individuals to choose.
Pcar
@stewgreen, Apr 24, 2017 at 8:00 PM
On Twitter I found no mention of todays prog
But I found a 2012 BBC page saying other stuff like
"Drying laundry in the home poses a health risk to those prone to asthma"Meanwhile in Canada science is progressing identifying a gut microbiota link
"Yeast found in babies’ guts increases risk of asthma"
imho Excessive cleanliness is next to asthmathliness
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@rhoda, Apr 24, 2017 at 8:30 PM
Satellite map of PM 2.5 distribution. The highest concentrations are from the Sahara east throughout the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, up to the Gobi. Industrial areas in the Americas and Europe don't show anything like the intensity.Conclusion: Don't buy the hype.
Conclusion 2, This has all the signs of an intentional scare.
Conclusion 3. Nobody has a handle on Asthma, don't believe anyone who says he has.
I don't, never did. I (and many born in UK 1940-1990) would be dead if PM/asthma/dirty-sea/etc scare stories were true.
Pcar
@ST yes "the mammals live away from the sea, and none eats salt"
Ah yes on the repeat I heard that
Like you it made me distrust him
And then when he started with "Oh these big companies " conspiracy theories, I thought no this is not science
I want to see proper evidence and I want to see it tested.
And then he went on "of course sugar is evil"
'salt has killed thousands'
..that's tosh ..cos we all die
I am not convinced with people saying "of course salt is evil" and now "of course sugar is evil"
I want to away from these free-ride progs and go to back to progs like Home Planet where the panelists challenged each other
..I want a guy in the studio saying "don't Japanese have a high salt diet ? "don't eskimos have less than 5 a day"
I want him challenged on his cherry picking a tribe who appear to have long lives (the norm is they don't have birth certificates and look much older than they are , so assume they have long life.
stewgreen
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"favourites" isn't something that I associate with Dr. Caldicot :-(
If you search on YouTube - you will be rewarded.
Having her on "A Life Scientific" would be a real treat. That's if the men in white coats don't fit her up with an "I love me" jacket with the arms secured at the back first.
imho her only present competition is Louise Mensch
tomo
tomo. I haven't had the pleasure of seeing Moonbat's face - I only read about the spat in Wikki. I cannot be greedy and will delay such gratification for another day. I note that there are quite a few items on u-tube involving the good lady. Have you any special favourites?
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Clipe, is it me, or are ministers getting progressively younger? This one looks just out of high school. Perhaps the cosmetics industry (what an oxymoron) have truly found the elixir of youth, but only the Establishment knows. "Global warming affects women more" - what a hostage to fortune. Imagine countless stand-up comedians dusting off all their old menopausal jokes.