Posted on 03/02/2021 10:41:19 AM PST by rktman
Some of us old timers who grew up in Southern California recall the inversion layers of particles in the valleys that trapped smog.
We later learned that the haze we saw (which was then called 'smog') was ozone, created primarily from vehicle emissions. That was “bad” ozone. There also was naturally occurring (good) ozone, generated by the sun’s reactions with naturally emitted hydrocarbons (e.g. pine trees) that one sees over the Great Smoky Mountains. Ozone is important, since its layer in the stratosphere protects us from intense UV radiation that is associated with skin cancer. So, years ago, the world’s leaders got together to stop the degradation of the ozone layer by ending use of ozone-depleting chemicals. I wrote about that at American Thinker last October, in an article titled, “What’s the Endgame with Ozone.”
What I want to do now, is show that it's still the ozone-depleting chemicals, rather than the now-vaunted carbon dioxide, as what's most critical to what happens with climate.
Once upon a time, the global bodies had been on the right track.
On Sept. 16, 1987, 46 countries signed the Montreal Protocol to stop using ozone-depleting chemicals (ODCs). There are 200 countries that have eventually endorsed the Montreal Protocol. Developed countries were to lead the effort to roll back ODCs while developing countries were allowed a more relaxed period to stop their use. I believe that the Montreal Protocol was a trial balloon for the Kyoto Protocol, which was all about carbon dioxide emissions.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Like Sloe Joe’s undergarments: depends.
Or ‘grampers’.
I do not accept the premise that anything is “happening” with climate. Not with ozone. Not with CO2. Nature is nature and the sun is the sun, and we are bystanders.
We are but mere specks in the grand scheme of things.
Sounds like greenhouses are going to make a strong comeback.
Yup. In 2525(?) muvver erf will shake our presence off like dead fleas.
“The Paris agreement a.k.a., the Paris accord is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. “
That sentence lowers my opinion of the author. Which of the three is it? Why not use the most accurate name throughout the article.
Also, carbon dioxide affects the earth’s temperature. Ozone is a gas that stops harmful ultraviolet rays from reaching the earth. Ozone is does not affect the earth’s temperature.
I’m done with that article.
😂🙌🔬 but, science. Disclaimer: no science was injured while producing this article.
—as an aside to this—
[[I do not accept the premise that anything is “happening” with climate.
we are bystanders.]]
Exactly! The climate started off mild, then turned nastily cold all on it’s own- we had miles thick ice covering continents, then the climate changed again all on it’s own, and those miles of ice melted, thank goodness- and we’ve been really very steady ever since- some winters are bad, some are mild- just the way we like it- let’s hope the climate doesn’t change all on it’s own again and drop us into another deep freeze-
our man produced 0.00136% CO2 in the atmosphere is NOT going to change the climate-
and the only answer is to ... do away with fuel injection and catalytic converters- which clearly were a mistake
CO2 affects the climate about the same way a single tiny ant affects the undermining of the empire state building’s foundation
The densest gasses that envelope the Earth are at the surface. earth’s atmosphere keeps getting thinner as altitude increases. If a gas could be an insulator, the best way to test it would be in your back yard, not pretending that ozone or CO2 can hold heat within the atmosphere. It can’t!
“On Sept. 16, 1987, 46 countries signed the Montreal Protocol to stop using ozone-depleting chemicals (ODCs).”
Speaking of ODC’s. Does anyone know which classification of ODC’s wreak the most damage on the ozone layer? Hint..... it’s not CFC’s.
“Yup. In 2525(?) muvver erf will shake our presence off like dead fleas.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB2-Kmiic
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