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Whoever smelt it, caused global warming
The Scalia may be a huge dick, but he’s certainly been the most entertaining member of the Rehnquist and Roberts Courts. In my bleary-eyed rush to get through the QuizLaw write-up of Monday’s greenhouse gas case (Massachusetts v. EPA), I gave the Scalia’s dissent rather short shrift (I believe my exact words, after a one or two sentence summary were “you can go read it yourself”). So I gotta tip my hat to the WSJ Law Blog for pointing out the following footnote from Scalia’s dissent, taking a jab at the majority opinion:
As the Court correctly points out, “all airborne compounds of whatever stripe,” [cite] would qualify as “physical, chemical,…substance[s] or matter which [are] emitted into or otherwise ente[r] the ambient air,” [cite]. It follows that everything airborne, from Frisbees to flatulence, qualifies as an “air pollutant.” This reading of the statute defies common sense.
Well, yeah, calling a Frisbee an “air pollutant” may be silly. But flatulence? Clearly the Scalia hasn’t enjoyed a hearty night of margaritas and fajitas at Border Cafe, or he might have a different opinion on the matter.
Comments
Or maybe the Scalia's a big fan of South Park. Flatulence as a global warming cause was brought up in season 3.
Posted by Iriska | April 6, 2007 7:23 AM
But it's true. Methane is one of the causes of global warming and a greenhouse (no pun intended) gas.
For that matter, so is water vapor.
I know water vapor comes out of a mechanical vehicle's tailpipe, but I'm not sure about methane. (Just the other kind of tailpipe, pun intended.)
Posted by R. | April 6, 2007 1:37 PM