Bags, many thanks. I have been trying to make this argument on the Climate Change thread for the last few days, without, I think, much success. This article puts it beautifullyand succinctly, much better than I did.
I sometimes wonder whether there is a certain type of personality that is only comfortable when they are convinced that Armegedon is nigh. It used to be the prequisite for the success of extreme religious sects. In these non-religious days when most people worship at the altar of the Absolute Truth of Science, God's Wrath has been replaced by Manmade Climate Change, Epidemic Disease (no change there then) and Obesity.