Comments on: Barton Or Bust! How to Stop Mass. v. EPA from Wrecking the Economy http://www.globalwarming.org/2009/12/17/barton-or-bust-how-to-stop-mass-v-epa-from-wrecking-the-economy/ Climate Change News & Analysis Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:41:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: richb313http://www.globalwarming.org/2009/12/17/barton-or-bust-how-to-stop-mass-v-epa-from-wrecking-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-30564 richb313 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:22:16 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/?p=23342#comment-30564 According to the EPA guidlines Oxygen could be considered a dangerous substance. If we are exposed to too high a concentration of Oxygen it becomes lethal. Divers who work at depths of around 400 to 600 feet are only deliverd a fraction f the Oxygen, by percentage, that we breathe at sea level because a higher concentration would be lethal. We have about 19 to 20 percent Oxygen at sea level but divers at depth only recieve about 3 percent oxygen. I know this is stupid saying that oxygen could be considered dangerous but anything can be considered dangerous if the right conditions exist. Carbon Dioxide is not covered by the Clean Air Act but because Supreme Court Justices are not Technically Educated and have no Scientific Background they have to rely on expert testimony. When two experts disagree they are forced to make a cautious ruling. It is in the name of caution that they ruled this way not science and certainly no proof was given or understood. That is why it was brought to the Court to begin with because the outcome was pretty certain given that Justices are Lawyers and can be swayed by the Caution argument. The only way to correct this bad ruling is through legislation. According to the EPA guidlines Oxygen could be considered a dangerous substance. If we are exposed to too high a concentration of Oxygen it becomes lethal. Divers who work at depths of around 400 to 600 feet are only deliverd a fraction f the Oxygen, by percentage, that we breathe at sea level because a higher concentration would be lethal. We have about 19 to 20 percent Oxygen at sea level but divers at depth only recieve about 3 percent oxygen.

I know this is stupid saying that oxygen could be considered dangerous but anything can be considered dangerous if the right conditions exist. Carbon Dioxide is not covered by the Clean Air Act but because Supreme Court Justices are not Technically Educated and have no Scientific Background they have to rely on expert testimony. When two experts disagree they are forced to make a cautious ruling. It is in the name of caution that they ruled this way not science and certainly no proof was given or understood.

That is why it was brought to the Court to begin with because the outcome was pretty certain given that Justices are Lawyers and can be swayed by the Caution argument. The only way to correct this bad ruling is through legislation.

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