Well I've just heard on the radio that air pollutants such as diesel particulates "shorten the lives of 40,000 Brits per annum." I must say, I'm in awe of the people who can somehow glean that kind of statistic. I was just thinking to myself of all those emergency ambulances, belting around and belching out all those diesel particulates, as they rush critically-ill patients to hospital in order to, er, lengthen their lives....

My old Ford Focus has a diesel particulate filter. Do I pass the test?

And I still think it would be unscientific to dismiss out of hand the possibility that the moon's pull might just trigger/cause/instigate/provoke/initiate/set off an earthquake or two here and there. The straw wot broke the camel's back, sort of thing...