The regulation of essential elements of life

The American Thinker ^ | June 24, 2009 | Lonnie E. Schubert

[Scanian]

The EPA is now considering designating CO2 a dangerous pollutant. The regulation of essential elements of life by our government scares me. It should scare us all. I am devastated by the notion that our own government founded on freedom would regulate and control the most fundamental aspects of life on earth. Regulation on life's important things is certainly tyranny and certainly will destroy the world, at least the nation and supposed freedom, we leave to our children.

Please, do not regulate the essential elements of life. Freedom is too precious to take it away in such pointless ways.

Carbon dioxide is one of the three essential elements of life on our planet. Despite being arguably THE essential requirement for life, water, sometimes called dihydrogen monoxide, is extremely dangerous, killing even children every year. How much is destroyed every year by floods and rot? Water is by far the most important energy absorbing gas in our atmosphere. Without gaseous water in our air, our earth would be far too cold to support us. The other gasses that absorb energy contribute less than one-fifth of the total effect we refer to as the greenhouse effect. In short, we generally have too much water where we don't need it and too little where we do. Are you planning to regulate water also? The potential gains are obvious. If we can reduce water waste and control it in the environment, we can eliminate most of the dangers associated with water.

Likewise, oxygen. This life-essential element is extremely dangerous. Not only can it kill directly, becoming toxic as the partial pressure exceeds 0.3, it kills and destroys by chemically combining with metal and organic material, that is, by oxidation, referred to as corrosion and burning respectively. How many people die each year in fires?

[arthurus]

With CO2 officially a regulated pollutant, personal production of CO2 i.e. breathing will eventually be a subject of regulation with some sort of rationing being instituted. These people are TOTALitarians.

[The Duke]

The EPA is now considering designating CO2 a dangerous pollutant.

I sure hope I can tolerate this silliness through the next election cycle.

[raybbr]

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[steelyourfaith]

 

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