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This hole in the ozone has been a news story since I was in grade school in the late 1970s / early 1980s. It grows, it shrinks. But its always a reason for the hysterics on the news to try to get everyone in a state of panic.
When was the last time that there wasn’t a hole in the ozone layer?
Did that Antarctic volcano finally quiet down?
Ozone/Shmozone....
The biggest problem the world has is that the ocean’s temperature is rising...
The reason for that is people pissing in the oceans...
That MUST STOP!!!!!!!!!!!
The switch to unleaded gasoline might have had something to do with this.
Can we get our freon back?
I have no idea if the science behind that was correct, BUT the fact that the ozone whole is shrinking doesn't contradict what they were claiming at the time. That's actually what they said would happen.
I still remember in 1988 when Ted Danson warned that both coasts will be under water in 10 years unless we DO SOMETHING about the ozone hole. Too bad he can’t go back to his old gig as Sam the bartender in Cheers. At least that was somewhat entertaining
Back around 2005 or so I was on a flight seated next to a grey haired woman who I could tell was a flaming liberal. She told me of how she had moved to Africa in 1970 because she didn’t like what the US was doing in Vietnam. She brought up “global warming”, and asked me what I thought about it. I told her that I thought the whole thing was made up, and it was just a power play. Obviously taken aback by this she adjusted herself in her seat and asked me why I thought that. I replied “How’s the ozone hole doing?” She looked confused. “You haven’t heard about it recently have you? Remember when it was going to kill us all?” And then I saw the light bulb come on in her eyes. She replies “Oh yeah, I remember that! And you’re right, we’ve not heard anything about that in DECADES”. I replied “That’s right, and that’s what this is. It’s just the latest version of the ozone hole.
See! Cutting back on fossil fuels worked!
"That's why there's a hole in the ozone layer right now 'cuz y'all being tardy with your payments!"
I watched a video talking about Los Angeles real estate, and they blamed a lot of the issues on climate change. One of the climate change issues they mentioned was “unchecked vegetation growth“. That’s a new one for me, I just cut my lawn and pull weeds….
IIRC, it tends to get smaller in the winter (insert mildly inappropriate joke here).
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Freon refrigerants were demonized as the cause of the ozone hole, but again poor science and alarmist predictions have caused safe refrigerants to be replaced with flammable cyclopropane. Now your refrigerator is a bomb on your kitchen.
“Hole in the Ozone Layer Shrinks, Climate Alarmists Hardest Hit”. That must be why it’s only 25 degrees below normal here now.
They measured an atmospheric condition for a couple decades on a 4 billion year old planet and thought they could determine a trend. I’m sorry, but that’s retarded.
The hole is smaller because I stopped using hairspray. There, I said it.