Cut human CO2 emissions by 30%, cut hospital admissions by up to 30 per cent?!

Just how many EU hospital admissions are CO2-related?

The EU could save an extra £20bn per year on health spending by setting tougher targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report.

The savings could be made if the target of reducing CO2 emissions by 20 per cent by 2020 was raised to 30 per cent, in line with the recommendations of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

The report, commissioned by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), Climate Action Network Europe (CAN-E) and the conservation organisation WWF, claimed it would produce savings, resulting from better health, of between £4.9bn-£20bn.

The figures are based on economic evaluations of loss of life and health, working days lost and hospital costs.

The report claims a 30 per cent cut in emissions would cut hospital admissions by up to 30 per cent, cut cases of chronic bronchitis by 5,300 and result in 2m fewer working days being lost per year.

JunkScience.com responds: Obviously these bloody idiots never heard of 'flu season

They do know cold weather kills off lots of people, far more than does warm weather, right? They do realize excess deaths from cold far outnumber those from heat? Apparently not, otherwise they would not have released such utter bullshit as they have.