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To: cogitator
So you are only going to read things that agree with your philosophy? That's why you enviro-whackos can't listen to reason. The CFC ozone hole was probably one of the biggest scams pulled on the people of earth.
24 posted on 09/17/2003 11:25:27 AM PDT by saminfl
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To: saminfl
Bears repeating, . .ready Bears?

& a 1, & a 2

The CFC ozone hole was probably one of the biggest scams pulled on the people of earth!

26 posted on 09/17/2003 11:32:33 AM PDT by norraad
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To: saminfl
So you are only going to read things that agree with your philosophy? That's why you enviro-whackos can't listen to reason.

One, I'm not an enviro-whacko. Two, philosophy has nothing to do with it; the site explains, in simple terms, the scientific understanding of the processes which cause ozone depletion and the ozone "hole". You've already replied with a minor nitpick about the wording on the site; if that's all you think is wrong with it, then I'll stick with the scientists on this one. I would enjoy discussing what you or your reference indicate is wrong with the theory. But if you don't want to, that's fine.

But I'll point out one thing. The communities that live near the southern end of South America have made a very large investment for their income level in UV monitoring devices to determine if the large increase in UV that they are occasionally exposed to each spring (in the Southern Hemisphere) will be detrimental to their health. If this is a "scam", then why are they measuring their increased exposure to UV radiation every spring?

Here's an article describing what happened last year:

Tierra del Fuego Residents Get An Extra Dose Of Solar Radiation

Excerpt:

"However, said Canziani, the phenomenon has grown more acute over that populated region, with extreme thinning to just 145 Dobson units, and forces the fueginos to take the same precautions in the middle of winter as they would if they were at a beach on summer vacation."

Maybe if you were in Tierra del Fuego when ozone-depleted regions of the stratosphere circulate overhead on a sunny day, you'd go out without any sunscreen on, since you think this is all a scam. We have a different philosophy; I wouldn't do that.

33 posted on 09/17/2003 11:58:50 AM PDT by cogitator
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