Some people argue that climate change is a left wing conspiracy intended to scare people into willingly accepting a new enviro-tax called cap and trade. Yet it shouldn't take a scientist or prophet to know that controlling our carbon emissions is about a lot more than climate or taxes. The carbon we emit from our tailpipes, wood stoves, furnaces, factories and power plants is black and sooty and damages our health whenever we breathe it in.
While CO2 has grabbed all the headlines, carbon black particles are the backstory that is making the most immediate impact. And while we have taken steps to control pollution, we are driving more miles per capita and there are more of us so that we continue to fill up this fish bowl with particles and gases that threaten public health. Building new highways has been likened to an obese person loosening his belt. All we are doing is making room for more consumption (driving or eating as the case may be), a non-sustainable fix because we will just consume to the limit and end up with clogged arteries down the road. And of course atmospheric belt loosening is not possible; there is no extra space to put our carbon emissions.
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