Boehner Spreads Misinformation About Cow Farts

by Allen Kolmes

Thought I was done for the night, but then I learned something.

I hate bashing Republican leaders for their ignorance.* But then a new one pops up!

"Appearing on ABC's This Week, the Ohio Republican was asked what to describe the GOP plan to dealing with greenhouse gas emissions, "which every major scientific organization said is contributing to climate change."
Boehner replied: "The idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen that is harmful to our environment is almost comical. Every time we exhale, we exhale carbon dioxide. Every cow in the world, you know when they do what they do you've got more carbon dioxide."

While it is not necessarily common knowledge, it should be a prerequisite to winning a House seat to know that--

1. Co2--greenhouse gas, not a carcinogen.

(Actually, if you edit House Minority Leader Boehner's sentence it becomes completely true--"the idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen is almost comical.")

2. Cow farts--methane, not CO2

* Actually I don't; it's fun!