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...spread the pain as evenly as possible, Clinton is focusing on the so- called broad-based energy taxes that would hit producers and big customers like public utilities. Such proposals include a levy on the carbon content of each fuel and an ad valorem -- or sales -- tax on the wholesale price of energy. The front runner is a tax that would be levied on the amount of heat produced by a fuel, as measured in British thermal units. This BTU tax would achieve more pollution control than a straight sales tax and would be less draconian than a carbon levy...
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...dream of environmentalists is the nightmare of producers and users of coal, which contains more carbon than any other fuel. Supporters like Vice President Al Gore praise the idea because it would cut emissions of carbon dioxide, the main culprit in global warming. "It fights the deficit and it fights pollution in a big way," says David Doniger, a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council...
...Carbon monoxide, another toxic gas present in automobile exhaust, has also been shown to be a chemical messenger between cells, Brain said. "It's remarkable that it's escaped everyone's notice for so long," he said...
...August 1952, Demjanjuk, who would later be accused of operating the motor used to produce carbon monoxide fumes to kill people at Treblinka, became an engine mechanic at Ford. In 1958, Demjanjuk became an American citizen, changing his first name to John. He had two more children in the 1960s...