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But despite the fact that they've been proved wrong, the pessimists are undeterred by their abysmal record. They continue to echo a deep-seated fear that unless we repent and change the way we live, we will be instrumental in destroying our own world. Today. industrialisation, genetically modified crops, scientific medicine, nuclear power and the car are held up as the harbingers of doom. Politicians and persuasive pressure groups play on this same basic fear. They scare us with tales of an inevitable global warming catastrophe blamed on CO2 emissions, they stoke the fires of terror that an epidemic of obesity will kill all our children and they sternly tell us that our indulgent lifestyle will consume the earth's precious resources. But will pesticides kill off life in our oceans, will chemicals in food poison us all and invisible rays from power cables and mobiles kill us with cancer? Stanley Feldman, a professor of anaestetics at London University appointed to the Imperial College School of Medicine looks at the evidence. An author of several books, including From Poison Arrows to Prozac, he is a respected lecturer and explainer of popular science. Vincent Marks is an editor of Panic Nation and an expert on diabetes. He is a former president of the Association of Clinical Biochemists and founder member of HealthWatch.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This book explains the pros and cons for virtually every scare story of recent years giving an unbiased view of what is believeable and what is just propaganda used by governments and others to tax the public more than is reasonable. It explains how easy it is for people in any sort of power to manipulate so called facts and figures to mean the opposite of what they really mean. For anyone looking to find out how they are being lied to on a daily basis by authority figures, this is a must read.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Written by two professors it does what it says on the tin, gives " the truth about all these science scare stories" and shows that the planet is warming up but that was an ongoing trend some millions of years ago, that it is not man made and there is nothing that man does will prevent it.
They say that all doomsday predictions have a short life span and the we will soon lose interest in global warming in the same way as we have lost interest in food allergies, pollution and the supposed hazards of electricity pylons. They also have a go at a few other moral panics. Junk food will not kill our grandchildren, GM foods are harmless and superfoods will not prolong you life..
Should be compulsory reading for all politicians, newspaper editors and greenpeace.
They say that all doomsday predictions have a short life span and the we will soon lose interest in global warming in the same way as we have lost interest in food allergies, pollution and the supposed hazards of electricity pylons. They also have a go at a few other moral panics. Junk food will not kill our grandchildren, GM foods are harmless and superfoods will not prolong you life..
Should be compulsory reading for all politicians, newspaper editors and greenpeace.
18 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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As a confirmed sceptic on 'global warming' (as well as many other so-called 'green' issues) I bought this book hoping for an intelligent discussion of the state of play of the relevant science on a number of key current issues, to learn more about them and in particular to read solid, level-headed analysis and well-referenced debunkings of the alarming claims made by self-styled 'environmentalists' which have become so common in the media these days. Perhaps I ought to have taken more notice of the title and cover, a parody of the Sex Pistols first LP, and lowered my expectations.
What I got was a rehash of stuff I largely already knew, in a book which seems to have been spellchecked rather than edited or proof-read, where several of the contributing writers seem to repeat themselves quite a bit and which contains material on somewhat tangential issues like globalisation, railways and ethics. OK, the sections on the manufactured global warming and obesity panics are decent enough summaries of the position (which is why I've felt able to go to three stars) but overall the book is a letdown.
This sort of material is handled rather better in Booker and North's 'Scared to death'.
What I got was a rehash of stuff I largely already knew, in a book which seems to have been spellchecked rather than edited or proof-read, where several of the contributing writers seem to repeat themselves quite a bit and which contains material on somewhat tangential issues like globalisation, railways and ethics. OK, the sections on the manufactured global warming and obesity panics are decent enough summaries of the position (which is why I've felt able to go to three stars) but overall the book is a letdown.
This sort of material is handled rather better in Booker and North's 'Scared to death'.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
common sense writ large
The great global warming hoax heads this excellent debunking by Feldman and Marks. The so-called consensus of climatologists is anything but a consensus since many oppose the... Read more
Published 10 days ago by Dr. P. R. Lewis
The Dogs B*******
I first heard of the concept of global warming whilst I was on a residential course in 1990. The young man, early 20s, fresh out of university was there to teach us about... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. P. BROOKSBANK
Mixed content in a necessary book
The title works against this book, it is being deliberately inflammatory- rather like "Gordon is a Moron"; hence, some of the facts in it may not get to the audience they... Read more
Published 4 months ago by fat man on a bicycle
The Title Says It All !
This is packed with entertaining and fascinating insights about how the average westerner is being conned by the media and scientific "consensus ". Read more
Published 13 months ago by Taiga
much less useful than bollocks
a tissue of utter nonsense almost from start to finish - from the daily mail school of scientific reviews the authors can't even get basic science, syntax, grammar or methodology... Read more
Published 21 months ago by pnaghoi
OK in parts, but...
I thought the first few chapters were brilliant, and confirmed my suspicion that the 'Global Warming' bandwagon creates more hot air than it purports to combat. Read more
Published on 29 May 2010 by Roderick TAYLOR
Global warming & other bollocks
If you ever had any doubts about global warming and mankind's contribution, read this entertaining book and you will have your doubts totally confirmed.
Published on 19 Mar 2010 by Mr. A. W. Bridges
vox pop is not science
Catchy title with re-use of punk iconography, but so what. This book is a collection of sometimes interesting, but often poorly substantiated opinion pieces. Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2010 by ffhb
Rubbish
This is a dreadful book -- the title is a good indicator of the mindset of the authors. I believe that warming (and now cooling) is mainly caused by natural cycles, and that the... Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2010 by A keen reader
Global warrming--some sense at last !
We are constantly fed scientific rubbish by politicians and others who have no idea what they are saying and fail to comprehend the consequences of their actions. Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2010 by Mr. P. Lawson-smith
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