[OldDeckHand]

"Why hasn’t the government strapped a meter to the chest of each American and started charging us for the full value of the air we use?"

You might want to delete that before they read it. No need to help 'em.

PS - it won't be the air we breath, it will be the CO2 we exhale.

[runninglips]

PS - it won't be the air we breath, it will be the CO2 we exhale.

I don't know, the city where I live charges sewer rates based on water usage. If you water your lawn a lot in the summer, your sewer bill goes through the roof. It is a nice way to guarantee brown lawns and boy do we have more than our share.