VW – and soon, everyone
else, inevitably – is under the gun over “emissions” that aren’t even
pollutants.
Carbon
dioxide.
This inert gas (look it up if you missed it in
high school chemistry) doesn’t contribute to smog, cause acid rain, deplete the
the ozone layer, irritate the lungs, or harm babies. Plants breathe it and by
breathing it, produce the oxygen we need to breathe. If C02 is a “pollutant”
then according to the same logic, so is water vapor (oy, don’t give them
ideas).
