Whatever happened to that hole in the ozone? It went the way of the dodo, oat bran and dance boxing…
First, I recommend everyone always read more than you can ever find here on any particular subject. I know it doesnt need to be said, but its a good lesson to remember. Can’t hurt to repeat. Start with “The Holes in the Ozone Scare – The Scientific Evidence That the Sky Isn’t Falling”.
Worst case scenario ever, an 8 percent decrease in ozone. OK? You can get that effect just by moving 100 miles south.
Volcanoes belch thousands of tons of ostensibly ozone depleting chlorine atoms in to the atmosphere every year. One of these, Mt. Erebus, is in the Antarctic where scientists took chlorine measurements in the 80s and early 90s which scared the whole world – just a coincidence?
In addition to this, freon molecules are 50 times heavier than air. The Enviro-Socialists would have us believe that these heavy freon molecules somehow floated high into the troposphere and began munching on tasty ozone molecules. Reports to the contrary regularly try to change the definition (Global Warming or Climate Change, they like doing that) or the unit of measuring ozone depletion.
The Montreal Protocol outlawing freon, the principal target of atmospheric chlorine, ensured monopoly of refrigerant production by the major chemical companies of the world, British Chemical Co. of England and DuPont. The only thing green about the environmental movement is MONEY.
The bans against them are hitting hard above all the refrigeration industry in the poorer, internationally-oppressed and exploited countries, important for making it possible to store and transport vital foodstuffs and medicines. Thus they are causing further misery and deaths in these countries, which was obviously a main and arch-reactionary intention behind these bans from the beginning on. Can you say DDT?
As it stands now you won’t die from ozone depletion but you’ll probably be robbed clean by various environmental taxes instead.
I dont see whats frackin’ Progressive about any of that. For Teacher.
Oh, my. Terry tries “scientific” arguing now…
First, no scientific article boasts about it being a “scientific article” in the title. Scientific articles appear as peer-reviewed articles in scientific magazines or are peer-reviewed and published at scientific conferences.
Second, pretty much all credible scientific articles about the Ozone depletion agree that the Ozone hole is a bad thing and that it is getting worse.
Scientists of course discuss some of the collected data. That doesn’t mean that there is any doubt that the Ozone hole gets worse.
And finally, public discussion of course changes the assumptions that were made. A well-known example is the 1972 publication “The Limits of Growth” by the Club of Rome, a well-known and well-respected think tank. Their publication brought the issues into the public view, and that resulted in a lot of changes in policy.
This is called a feedback loop, btw., a well-known concept in science and nature. The climate crisis and its parts, e.g., the Ozone hole, is to a significant part a positive feedback loop, meaning that it accelerates quickly (in geological timeframes) to the point of no return.
Thanks for the quick answer, Terry. I truly appreciate it.
Joe,
Terry really is not out on the scientific fringe. In talking to some chemistry teachers here in this district, there appears to be a split in views between those whose background is industry versus those from academia. There are some former industrial chemists teaching here who really do know their stuff when it comes to the fundamentals of chemistry, but who are also very distrustful of academic researchers. I’m an academic myself, and I think the industry guys are wrong, but they did spend a career developing and getting a product to market and sold it successfully, before going into teaching. So I have to respect ’em, and they share some of Terry’s views.
SAHS Teacher,
Well one would completely expect that the industry folks would be more skeptical. They have a vested interest in seeing that the industry they are involved in remain as profitable as possible. So when those pesky academics and government regulators come ’round with their wacky, mainstream, consensus-based opinions, they don’t take too kindly to it.