CO2, or, Fighting the Man

Environment

The Competetive Enterprise Institute has produced an amazing pair of television ads espousing the wonders of carbon dioxide. The most hysterical bit is the tagline at the end: "Carbon dioxide. They call it pollution. We call it life." To concentrate and preserve more of that precious life, I recommend that the members of CEI hold their breath, and keep holding.

Such nonsensical messages shouldn't be a surprise to anyone; CEI is largely funded by an industry with a vested interest in the continued production of "life". The Clean Air Trust identified Shell, GM, Ford, and DaimlerChrysler as contributers to CEI. ExxonMobil, for example, gave $405,000 to CEI in 2002, the largest contribution in the list of "Public information and policy research" donations by the company.

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