01-22-2009, 07:17 PM
Am I missing something here?
Industry was forced to stop using anything with CFC's in order to fix the Ozone hole that we "created". Now they are saying that the hole in the Ozone was actually helping cool the planet. Once the Ozone hole is fixed then global warming will be even worse! WTF??? Lets bring back CFC's and cool the world a bit and solve it. Sorta makes you wonder if the hole in the Ozone layer was the earths "natural" response to balance things and we made it worse by stopping it.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/21/eco.warmingantarctic/index.html
"A major reason most of Antarctica was thought to be cooling was because of a hole in the ozone layer that appears during the spring months in the Southern Hemisphere's polar region.
Steig noted that it is well established that the ozone hole has contributed to cooling in East Antarctica.
"However, it seems to have been assumed that the ozone hole was affecting the entire continent when there wasn't any evidence to support that idea, or even any theory to support it," he said.
"In any case, efforts to repair the ozone layer eventually will begin taking effect and the hole could be eliminated by the middle of this century. If that happens, all of Antarctica could begin warming on a par with the rest of the world."
Industry was forced to stop using anything with CFC's in order to fix the Ozone hole that we "created". Now they are saying that the hole in the Ozone was actually helping cool the planet. Once the Ozone hole is fixed then global warming will be even worse! WTF??? Lets bring back CFC's and cool the world a bit and solve it. Sorta makes you wonder if the hole in the Ozone layer was the earths "natural" response to balance things and we made it worse by stopping it.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/21/eco.warmingantarctic/index.html
"A major reason most of Antarctica was thought to be cooling was because of a hole in the ozone layer that appears during the spring months in the Southern Hemisphere's polar region.
Steig noted that it is well established that the ozone hole has contributed to cooling in East Antarctica.
"However, it seems to have been assumed that the ozone hole was affecting the entire continent when there wasn't any evidence to support that idea, or even any theory to support it," he said.
"In any case, efforts to repair the ozone layer eventually will begin taking effect and the hole could be eliminated by the middle of this century. If that happens, all of Antarctica could begin warming on a par with the rest of the world."
