Utah State Representative Jerry Anderson declared that there is a carbon dioxide shortage leading him to propose legislation that would govern the state's ability to control production of greenhouse gases.

In the bill, which is titled Air Contaminant Definition Change, Anderson clarified that an "air contaminant" can be any individually dispersed or mixture of gas, vapor, or suspended solid. He also said that natural components of the atmosphere such as oxygen, nitrogen and other noble gases, like helium and xenon, in less than 500 parts per million (ppm), are not considered as air pollutants,

During a meeting with the committee overseeing environmental programs in Utah on Tuesday, Anderson, a retired science teacher, said that due to the regulation and activities to combat global warming, the Earth becomes short of carbon dioxide, which is needed for plants to flourish. He compared the level of carbon dioxide we have now with the level of it at the time of dinosaurs, which reached 600 ppm. After which, he suggested that we can also have the same level now without worrying about any undesirable effects.

However, Joe Andrade, a retired professor of engineering in the University of Utah, opposed Anderson's claims as it does not agree with credible climate science. He said that carbon dioxide levels at 500 ppm would not just cause global warming; it could also acidify the bodies of water to a destructing degree.

 "We are on a path to double the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere since we started burning fossil fuels. We can all see the chaotic weather that it has already produced. It's not toxic to you and me below concentrations of 1,000 or 2,000 [ppm], but it's toxic to this planet. Setting an arbitrary upper limit, that is out of the bounds of anything related to planetary stability, is simply bad government," Andrade told The Salt Lake Tribune.

Though the committee members fairly welcomed Anderson's disbelief in climate change, it was currently put on hold.