Topic: Man On The Street

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A "man on the street" experiment at UT Austin demonstrated that most people would sign a petition to ban "dihydrogen monoxide," which is actually the chemical name for water. This is used to illustrate how the public can be misled about carbon dioxide, which is pumped into greenhouses to double plant growth rates. CO2 is framed as a vital gas for life rather than a pollutant.