The Voice of Reason, Hooray!! dee On 10 Dec 2009, at 01:29, Steve wrote:
> CO2 is not a pollutant. Without CO2 in the air, plants would die. It's a > natural component of our ecosphere. Animals breathe in oxygen and breathe > out CO2. Plants breathe in CO2 and breathe out oxygen. > > Of course, Nixon's EPA has declared CO2 to be a 'pollutant.' Kind of. > It's mostly crazy double-speak, in my opinion. Here's a link to what > appears to be an unbiased article on the topic - > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124001537515830975.html > > To put things in perspective, Nitrogen makes up 78% of our atmosphere. > Oxygen makes up 21%. Argon is 0.93%, then CO2 comes along at 4th place at > 0.038%. The remaining 0.032% is divided up between a bunch of other gases > not worth mentioning for this discussion. > > I
