Who's responsible for global warming?

It looks as though it's time to 'fess up. It's us surgeons who are the source of all that CO2. Sid Schwab tells us why. (And, no, it's not because of all the hot air we surgeons are capable of producing; we're nothing compared to politicians in that respect.)

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There is a tiny problem with the argument. CO2 is not manufactured by burning any additional fuel, but usually by purifying CO2-rich industrial offgases. If not purified and bottled, that CO2 will anyway be released into the atmosphere.