First published 2009.
Author profiles -- Preface: The doomsday view of the world -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Section 1: CO2 & global warming -- 1. Global warming / Stanley Feldman -- 2. Greenhouse gases / Stanley Feldman -- 3. The history of the atmosphere / Stanley Feldman -- 4. Is global warming manmade? / Stanley Feldman -- 5. The global ice caps / Stanley Feldman -- 6. The economics of a warmer Earth / Stanley Feldman -- Section 2: The epidemic of obesity & matters of health -- 7. Good foods, bad foods / Vincent Marks & Stanley Feldman -- 8. An epidemic of obesity? / Vincent Marks -- 9. Health foods & superfoods / Vincent Marks -- 10. The food we eat / Vincent Marks -- 11. Labelling & legislation / Vincent Marks -- 12. What really causes heart attacks? / Michael Smith -- 13. Metals & myths / Andrew Taylor -- 14. The nexty great plague? / Rodney Cartwright -- 15. Electricity and leukaemia / David Jeffers -- Section 3: Gridlocked Britain: A transport policy? -- Introduction / Stanley Feldman -- 16. A policy for transport? / Paul Withrington -- 17. Road versus rail / Paul Withrington -- 18. Light rail, trams & high-speed trains / Paul Withrington -- Section 5: Questionable dogma -- 19. Recycling rubbish / Eamonn Butler -- 20. Unsustainable arguments / Austin Williams -- 21. The ethics industry / Stanley Feldman -- 22. Globalisation / Stanley Feldman -- 23. Efficiency or effectiveness? / Vincent Marks -- 24. Population / Vincent Marks -- Epilogue: Why do we believe it? / Stanley Feldman & Vincent Marks -- Appendix -- Further reading