CO2 is green: the TV advert making viewers choke


	CO2 is green: the TV advert making viewers choke

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9-29-2009 11:18 AM

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10-6-2009 8:48 AM

The Infowarrior

Plants breathe Co2, FACT, any attempts to dispute that should be laughed at, loudly and in a public place so everyone else gets a chance to point and laugh.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/14a5a646-1d0d-48c9-ad94-b998aa3060ee/228D7B81-A825-4849-B307-89CCBEE53954/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/sep/28/co2-is-green-tv-advert" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/sep/28/co2-is-green-tv-advert" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/sep/28/co2-is-green-tv-advert">A TV advert paid for by an oil industry lobbyist telling Americans "more CO2 results in a greener earth" would be almost funny if it weren't so depressing</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/sep/28/co2-is-green-tv-advert">"Is this a joke?" splutters one of the comments underneath the <A title="YouTube video" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxCQHn-w0Bw">YouTube video</A> of a new 30-second TV advert that has started being aired in a handful of US states over the past few days telling viewers that "<A title="CO2 is Green" href="http://co2isgreen.org/default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1">CO2 is green</A>". Sadly not, it seems.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/sep/28/co2-is-green-tv-advert">In a slick attempt to undermine the <A title="US Environmental Protection Agency's recent ruling" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/17/obama-administration-emissions-warning">US Environmental Protection Agency's recent ruling</A> that CO2 should now be classified as a pollutant because rising levels of the gas in the atmosphere will "endanger public health or welfare", a former oil industry executive has stumped up some of his cash to pay for these adverts to be shown in Montana and New Mexico. The ultimate aim of the advert, though, is to derail the forthcoming vote in the Senate on the <A title="Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/02/us-climate-bill-delays">Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill</A>, which now appears as if it <A title="might even impact on vital UN climate talks in Copenhagen this December" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/28/united-states-bangkok-climate-talks">might even impact on vital UN climate talks in Copenhagen this December</A>.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/228D7B81-A825-4849-B307-89CCBEE53954/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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