On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 10:30:24 -0800 (PST), "its Xmas and I've got a book
to sell" wrote:
>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/12/02/easmoke102.xml
>
>Smoking ban poses new climate threat
>
>By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent
>Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 02/12/2007
>
>Pubs are likely to pump hundreds of thousands of tons of additional
>carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as a result of the smoking ban.
>
>Policy advisers predict that emissions from patio heaters in pubs and
>restaurants will increase from 22,200 tons of greenhouse gases a year
>to up to 282,000 tons - the equivalent of flying a jumbo jet 171 times
>around the Earth.
>
Woah there... we didn't ask for patio heaters...
>Heaters will be used for more than 237 days a year, when outdoor
>temperatures are lower than 15C, says the report, from Market
>Transformation. A further 80,000 tons of carbon dioxide will be
>produced next year by patio heaters in private gardens, according to
>an earlier study by the Energy Saving Trust.
>
>Environmentalists say the heaters must now be banned if Britain is to
>meet carbon dioxide emission targets.
>
>Tony Juniper, of Friends of the Earth, said: "The impacts of the
>smoking ban are positive, but this should not cause more problems for
>the environment. Either smokers will have to give up smoking or simply
>put on a jumper."
We don't mind -this is not our choice. |