01.29.2025
Climate-Obsessed Anesthesiologists Numb to Reality
By Gregory Wrightstone
Scientists at the CO2 Coalition say a fuss over the greenhouse-warming effect of anesthetic gases is much ado about something so close to nothing as to be undetectable — tiny fractions of degrees in temperature. In fact, we would add, compared to the stakes at risk in many surgical procedures, fretting over climate change in an operating room is frivolous at best.
Anybody being “put under” for surgery is likely to wonder about the competency and focus of the anesthesiologist. Questions about intelligence and experience come to mind. Or about the level of concern for the poor patient lying helplessly and barely covered in a freezing operating room wondering where he left his wallet and when — or whether — he will awake.
Surely, rendering somebody unconscious with potentially deadly drugs for an extended period and returning them safe and sound to the world of the fully sentient is daunting even for the medically trained. There is no need to add to this responsibility the charge to be sufficiently “environmentally friendly” to avoid overheating the planet.
https://co2coalition.org/2025/01/29/climate-obsessed-anesthesiologists-numb-to-reality/
