Dying From The Cold: Campaign launched as winter deaths rise in East Lancs (From Lancashire Telegraph)

THIRTY eight elderly people in East Lancashire have died from cold-related illnesses so far this winter, shock figures have revealed.

The grim toll was up by 30 per cent year on year as a direct result of the icy weather.
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England sees a 19 per cent increase in deaths each winter, compared with other times of the year - one of the worst rates in Europe. For example, in Finland, where temperatures drop as low as minus 45, the jump is only 10 per cent.

Dying From The Cold: Why a lack of warmth can be deadly (From Lancashire Telegraph)

AGE Concern explains why pensioners are so vulnerable to the cold...

A spokesman for the charity said: “Spending too long in the cold will lower the body temperature which can often aggravate circulatory diseases‚ which can lead to strokes, heart attacks and respiratory illnesses such as bronchitis or pneumonia.

“It is very unusual for the cold to kill people directly.

"In the main these deaths are from respiratory or cardio-vascular ailments.”

North Carolina - Global warming debate: Dr. William H. Schlesinger vs Dr. John R. Christy

Scientific models — a synonym for theory, Christy said — fail when subjected to actual testing.

He said his conclusions are based on empirical data that shows the Southeast is cooling, not heating; that thousands of years ago, the Arctic was warmer and Greenland did not melt; the snows of Mt. Kilimanjaro were already melting when Ernest Hemingway wrote his novel; places like Bangladesh are seeing their land mass grow; and as one pole loses ice, ice is gained at the other.
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Christy said energy resources will evolve, but he's not afraid fossil fuels will condemn Earth and humanity.

"Without energy, life is brutal and short. We owe our civilization and probably our lives to carbon energy," he said.
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Who won?

The forum attracted an audience of several hundred. There were students among the crowd. An informal, unscientific survey revealed that many attendees, regardless of age, think global warming is overblown and people should not panic about the future.