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Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant . It is an essential trace gas that supports most life on Earth. Co2 is however, a proxy for a nations standard of living. This leads us to the real reason that AGW fanatics want to limit Co2. They hate people.

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In high concentrations it will kill you. In lower concentrations it can give you a terrible headache.

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Because it absorbs and retains heat very well, and can therefore contribute to the greenhouse effect, which is basically global warming.

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Carbon dioxide (the gas) is a pollutant greenhouse gas.

Carbon monoxide (the gas) is.

Carbon by itself is an element.

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