"demonized to the point of absurdity"

CO2sceptics News Blog | Earth Day extremists were wrong in the '70s, and still are

There's a phrase that's entered the American vernacular in recent years. It's called "jumping the shark." It's taken from the episode of Happy Days when Fonzie jumped a shark on water skis. It started out to specifically reference television shows but it now applies to anything that passes the point of absurdity into the realm of the ridiculous. The environmental movement "jumped the shark" when it began trying to convince us that CO2 is a poison. Carbon dioxide is what we exhale with every breath. It's what plants take in and convert to oxygen. It's an essential part of our planet, yet it has been demonized to the point of absurdity.