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Posted Thu Jan 9 2014: from San Francisco Chronicle:


	Global warming warning stickers at gas pumps? http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1389304573 ...A group of Bay Area environmentalists wants to slap warning stickers on gasoline pumps, telling drivers that the fuel they're buying is cooking the planet. The stickers would constantly remind consumers of the link between driving and climate change. "Human beings are not really wired for seeing the cause and effect of climate change," said Jamie Brooks, with the Bay Area chapter of 350.org. "The cause is burning fossil fuels, but we're not going to feel the effects until well into the future. There's no immediate signal to a consumer of gasoline to show their effects on climate."

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'Doc Michael says:

Next thing you know, damn enviros will want to label my escaping farts.