Time to Take the Propaganda out of the Environment Debate
Well, the debate still rages on. Are we humans destabilizing the planet’s
weather systems by pumping out too much CO2 and harmful pollutants? Do we only
have less than 100 years before the ice-caps melt and cities and low-lying areas
around the world are flooded? Or is this alarmist nonsense? In any case, will we
find technological solutions and cleaner fuels that will help correct any
problems? The truth is, of course, we are not certain. Where there is
uncertainty and an absence of real proof, opinion takes its place. A natural
extension to opinion is the need to persuade others, and so we end up with
propaganda as a replacement to hard facts.
Politics fall into the same category. By now surely most of us have realized
that there are no absolutes in politics. On the basis that you can’t please all
of the people all of the time, there is no single correct way to run a country,
there are degrees on the scale between right and wrong, and most politicians are
trying to be more right than wrong. In the eyes of the media they are often
wrong, but I think politicians should be given credit for their efforts (this
statement may be unpopular with many, I guess!). Because there are no absolutes
in politics, once again the void is taken up by opinion, leading to propaganda.
Another area where there are no hard and fast rules is bringing up children.
If we could all read a book or go on a course that give us definite rules on how
to raise our kids, then that would be great. Trouble is, although there are some
obvious dos and don’ts, there are many more grey areas. I guarantee there it
would be impossible to write such a book and get everyone to agree with its
contents. Bringing up kids is another area where opinion and propaganda replace
facts and definitive practice.
Some, like myself, welcome these uncertainties. If there was one right way to
do these things, then surely all countries would be run the same way and in time
all people would be brought up the same way. We would all turn into clones. Not
only that, where some people avoid the above subjects for fear of causing an
argument, I - and I am sure many others - enjoy a good debate.
The one area where I wish there were more hard facts is with regards to the
environment. Surely scientists can do better than they have been doing lately.
We really do need to get our act together and decide what is going on with our
world climate and what we need to do (if anything) to put things right. This is
one area where we surely do need a definitive set of facts and where opinion and
propaganda should be left to one side.
Of course where there are definitive facts then there is no debate. Arkay
Hygiene sells a range of Insectocutor fly killer machines. With such products it
is important to have proven facts, not hype. Of course the positives are
emphasised but the facts are undisputable. For instance, we know in tests that
the Insectocutor IND45 Fly Killer will kill flies in a room measuring 591 square
feet. This is a fact. We also say that Insectocutor fly killers are robust. This
is because they are! Trouble is, the word robust is subject to relative
judgements. Compared to a jumbo jet they might not be robust, but compared to
just about every other fly killer on the market they certainly are.
We all agree that the sun rises in the morning and sets at night because of
the spin of our planet. We all agree that the Earth is a sphere and we will not
fall off at the end of the ocean. Of course, it wasn’t always like that. These
subjects too were the cause of debate and propaganda until scientists finally
settled the arguments. Our struggle to deal with the facts about our environment
are still at the flat-earth level. While I am certain that there will never be
certainties in politics or child rearing, I am sure the same will not be true of
the environment. Just as Insectocutor can make tested and proven facts available
about their fly killers, we need to get our scientists to cut out the hype and
myth about our environment and get to the truth.
Vernon Stent is the marketing consultant to Arkay Hygiene who sell Insectocutor
Fly Killers Here is a link to the IND45
fly killer
