Population at 2011 census =63.2 million

Removing all particulate matter (not just car generated) will add 36.5 million years of life over the next 100 years. That is 36,500 life years added, each year, to the UK population.

According to the government frightener, that will add six months life expectancy to all new births. However if you work it out on the whole population, then it adds 16 days each (if you live to be 80). But that assumes that there is no population increase for the next 100 years.

Over 80 years of life, if you got up 1.2 minutes earlier each day, your effective living and doing stuff time would be the same as if we hadn't bothered removing all particulates.

"Other people care about cancer."

I'm an electrician (asbestos risk) who's grandfather died of lung cancer. So that quite laughable, 'Think of the children' style retort is not worth my while debating further.

My point of view doesn't make me immune from cancer either. I might get it from one of these particles.

Doesn't change my opinion already stated.

Life has a 100% mortality rate.

Well that's great for you.. but frankly if that is your attitude to environmental issues, then I despair..And if others had the same attitude a century ago , we would still have mothers dying in childbirth from puerperal fever.

Edited by Avant on 04/01/2014 at 20:29