I rarely visit of late, that said I was very disappointed that the last thread that tackled this was locked. Thank you Keith.
First off, If anyone thinks that anyone has the patent on the virtue of experts on any subject concerning the future environment they surely are either naive or delusional, or possibly dishonest.
I use this as an easily searched and understood example.
Away back in the '90's our ozone layer was surely being depleted by the release of fluorocarbons according to prevailing science. We were surely all going to cook if we did not do something! Well do something we did. We proceeded to turn several major industries on their ear. HVAC for one. The one I am most familiar with.
Stupendous Federal fines could be imposed if you dared to release the fluorocarbon freely into the atmosphere! New refrigerants had to be developed, this costs serious money! No more convenient aerosols! Styrofoam is doubly bad!!
Here 30 + years later the ozone hole is very much still there, shrinking and expanding with the seasons, not closed, not very different.
How could this be?
Only two conclusions. Either this is the natural cycle of things ozone, or we had so completely destroyed the ozone layer that it would never recover.
Well we're still here, skin cancers and all! Funny that the craze of cooking oneself in a tanning bed was a thing to do in the '90's.
Carry on!
Last edited by ChiefAmungum; 02/10/24 07:15 PM.
