You’re a smoker. You know smoking kills. You see the graphic warning labels every time you buy a pack of Marlboros. One day, you decide that enough is enough. You walk away from the convenience store counter and either buy some nicotine gum or go cold turkey.
You’re a driver. You think your car is contributing to global warming. Your town puts graphic warning labels on the gas pumps. One day, you decide that enough is enough. You walk away from your car at the pump and …
You may be beginning to see the problem here.
Well, however well warning labels work — or even if they do — the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is about to see if it works for gas in the way I described it. According to The Guardian, every pump in the city will come with a sticker that warns you that you’re killing the planet with each tank you fill.
The warning labels will read that burning fossil fuels has “major consequences on human health and the environment including contributing to climate change.”
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