Climate Cult Still Wants People Who Use Inhalers To Die

Why does the cult think this is a good line of attack?

Is your inhaler causing climate pollution?

That small whoosh from an inhaler has a substantial environmental toll that could be putting some people with chronic conditions at risk, according to a new study.

Published Monday in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the University of California Los Angeles Health study looked at emissions from three kinds of inhalers prescribed for asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from 2014 to 2024. So-called “metered-dose” inhalers, which release a measured puff of medicine when pressed, contain hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) propellants and accounted for 98 percent of emissions, according to the study.

Researchers found that the devices generated more than 2 million metric tons of carbon emissions, or the amount of annual emissions from roughly 530,000 gas-powered cars.

“Inhalers add to the growing carbon footprint of the US healthcare system, putting many patients with chronic respiratory disease at risk,” lead author and pulmonologist Dr. William Feldman stated in a news release.

Feldman added that there is still “tremendous opportunity” to switch to a lower-emission alternative for the good of the planet and patients’ lungs.

And, yet, none of the alternatives are close to as good, or inexpensive, as those currently available that the Cult of Climastrology is railing about. Can they not just mind their own f’ing business?

Feldman told the Agence France-Presse that only a fraction of patients truly need metered devices – older adults who can’t inhale with force, and very young children who must use spacers, a chamber technology that only works with metered inhalers.

In the U.S., Feldman said, the “vast majority of people could use dry powder or soft mist inhalers,” but insurance is less likely to cover them, making them more expensive.

Or, you could just piss off with your cult crap and leave these people alone.