Not just a great man - a great scientific mind, too! Of his new plan to address climate change, President Obama says: "This plan will cut the dangerous carbon pollution that contributes to climate change. For years, groups like the American Lung Association have warned us that carbon pollution threatens our health and the air our children breathe. We limit the mercury, sulfur, and arsenic in our air and water, but today, there are no federal limits on the amount of carbon pollution that power plants can pump into the air. That’s not safe. So we’ll work with states and businesses to set new standards that put an end to this limitless dumping of carbon." Only problem: ◾Carbon dioxide, CO2, is no more "carbon" than salt is chlorine or sodium. ◾Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere at current levels around 400 ppm (0.04% concentration) cannot “threaten our health and the air our children breathe.” ◾The carbon dioxide concentration of the air we exhale is 4 to 5.3%, over 100 times the concentration in the air we inhale.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 14:39:20 +0000
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