Let's Make Fun of Enviro-Whackos!
First, how about the government of Belgium’s French-speaking region of Wallonia, which has approved a tax on barbecuing, because of the CO2 (carbon dioxide) emitted. The tax is 20 Euros per grilling session, and it will be enforced by heat-sensor equipped helicopters. Let's review; the grill puts out 50-100 grams of CO2; a little Googling reveals the chopper probably costs 2500 Euros per hour, and produces 15 kilograms of CO2 in that hour — 150,000 times as much CO2 as the grill, according to the calculator in my noggin.
Then, our illustrious Supreme Court decided that the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate greenhouse gases, including CO2 — you know, that stuff you exhale. That means we're just a Democrat-President-and-Congress away from your freedom of speech being curtailed, people — to save the environment!
Finally, the Tribune of San Luis Obispo reports:
A yearlong study has concluded that dust pollution is a serious problem on the Nipomo Mesa.
The study by the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District found that persistent winds blowing off the ocean from the northwest are picking up fine sand particles and carrying them onto the Mesa.
The result is that the Mesa regularly exceeds state and federal air pollution standards for coarse and fine particulate matter, said Larry Allen, county air pollution control officer. A state standard for coarse particulates was exceeded on a quarter of the days sampled….
In addition to sand particles blowing onto the Mesa from the beach, dirt roads on the Mesa also contributed to the problem.
…which means these Brainiacs took a year to figure out that sand and dirt are polluting the wilderness!
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