Ban on anesthesia next?! Doc suggests ‘lowering the flow of anesthetic gas’ in patients to save plan

[rangerrebew]

Ban on anesthesia next?! Doc suggests ‘lowering the flow of anesthetic gas’ in patients to save planet – 1 hour of surgical anesthesia equivalent to driving as many as 470 miles
Anesthesia the next target in climate battle: Docs suggest reducing anesthesia: Would you suffer to combat climate change?

NY Post: Experts are now recommending that doctors reduce their use of certain kinds of anesthesia in order to combat the effects of climate change. Dr. Mohamed Fayed, a senior anesthetist at Detroit’s Henry Ford Health, made the suggestion during the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ annual conference last Friday in Orlando, Florida. “Global warming is affecting our daily life more and more, and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions has become crucial,” he said. Dr. Fayed added, “No matter how small each effect is, it will add up. As anesthesiologists, we can contribute significantly to this cause by making little changes in our daily practice — such as lowering the flow of anesthetic gas — without affecting patient care.”

Research notes that inhaled anesthesia accounts for up to 0.1% of the world’s carbon emissions, which are regarded as the primary driver of global climate change. An hour of surgery using an inhaled anesthetic is equivalent to driving as many as 470 miles, according to a 2010 study.

https://www.climatedepot.com/2023/02/03/ban-on-anesthesia-next-doc-suggests-lowering-the-flow-of-anesthetic-gas-in-patients-to-save-planet-1-hour-of-surgical-anesthesia-equivalent-to-driving-as-many-as-470-miles/

[Kamaji]

[roamer_1]

Research notes that inhaled anesthesia accounts for up to 0.1% of the world’s carbon emissions, which are regarded as the primary driver of global climate change. An hour of surgery using an inhaled anesthetic is equivalent to driving as many as 470 miles, according to a 2010 study.

Oh bullsh*t. How does ANYONE believe this crap?

[Smokin Joe]

Oh bullsh*t. How does ANYONE believe this crap?

They have been conditioned from an early age from virtually every direction to BELIEVE!

As members in good standing of the Church of Climate Change, and with wokeness abounding, no heresy of blaming natural cycles and processes is allowed.

Enough guilt abounds in their dogma to blame all that others possess, especially anything that brings comfort, physical or spiritual, as the very evil that threatens the planet.

So, for the rest of us living on this glorious dirtball in space, the climate we have seen change most notably in our lifetimes has been the climate of rational discussion, not yet extinct, but definitely endangered.

[cato potatoe]

Oh bullsh*t. How does ANYONE believe this crap?

None of them do, when it’s time for a knee replacement.

[roamer_1]

None of them do, when it’s time for a knee replacement.

Anyone who believes this silly sh*t does not have the capacity to think that far ahead.

[roamer_1]

So, for the rest of us living on this glorious dirtball in space, the climate we have seen change most notably in our lifetimes has been the climate of rational discussion, not yet extinct, but definitely endangered.

Pretty hard for it to be otherwise when something like this can get through without a critical thought.