CO2 not like ozone gasses

The U.S. EPA is proposing to treat CO₂ as a noxious gas, when it's really a vital part of our bioshpere. Roy Spencer, a leading atmospheric scientist, summarizes the case against.

"[Regulating CO₂ emissions] is nothing like fixing the stratospheric ozone problem by developing other refrigerants to replace Freon. CO2 is produced by nearly all sources of energy. CO2 is a part of nature; Freon was a manmade chemical. While replacements for Freon were already developed by the time Freon was banned, we have no large-scale replacements for fossil fuels we can switch to in the near future." Extract from a Q&A by Roy Spencer

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