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There are trivial fixes to all your "problems" and as I stated earlier, one can always install an exchanger to bring in conditioned outside air. Claiming asthma is a result is rich from someone who promotes coal combustion.
Claiming asthma is a result is rich from someone who promotes coal combustion.
I guess the difference between me and yourself is I'm able to set aside the media propaganda machine and examine the facts myself. The facts are we have drastically cut outdoor air pollution in the same time we have seen a dramatic increase in asthma cases, unless you are going to suggest decreased pollution is causing this increase then there is some other factor at play here. So the question is what might that be?
The largest change in peoples lives in this same time frame that is going to negatively impact the air quality is in their homes which I have already outlined.
That DC is what you call a rational and well thought out argument. The EPA and other organizations will continue to use this as propaganda tool at the expense of peoples health becsue they are not addressing what the real issue is. You can either be part of the problem, or part of the solution. I'll choose to be part of the solution by pointing out the facts.
No. it's what I call a popular fallacy. Correlation does not imply causation.
Are you referring to the air pollution, houses, or both?
As far as the air pollution goes you can make that argument but you'd also need a plausible reason why a decrease in air pollution is causing an increase in asthma case. Do you really want to go down that road? LOL
As far as the houses go that is my opinion and I think it's just common sense. If you want research it through the medical community (actual medical journals) you'll find that is one the main things they are considering to be the cause.
Are you referring to the air pollution, houses, or both?
I'm referring to the fallacy you used to make your argument.
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As far as the air pollution goes you can make that argument but you'd also need a plausible reason why a decrease in air pollution is causing an increase in asthma case. Do you really want to go down that road? LOL
But there is no proof that a decrease in air pollution is causing an increase in asthma. That's the point. They may be totally unrelated. Conjecture isn't proof. Proof is proof.
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As far as the houses go that is my opinion and I think it's just common sense.
That and a few bucks will get you a cheap coffee at Starbucks. "Common sense" fools people all the time, because it is all based on the past, and therefore commonly fails when unique new situations arise.
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If you want research it through the medical community (actual medical journals) you'll find that is one the main things they are considering to be the cause.
Considering, yes. But it's not the only candidate, and is unlikely to be the strongest case. One might try to follow a string of evidence to establish an unintended consequence arising out attempts to conserve energy, therefore yadda yadda... but to try to show that reduced air pollution CAUSES asthma? Sorry, that's rhetorical overreach, not medical theory.
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