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Old 03-20-2008, 02:35 AM   #22 (permalink)
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CFC's came into use in the 1920's - Ozone depletion hole was discovered in 1985 IIRC (maybe it was early 70's - or that might have been when the hypothesis started gaining traction)... So lets say 1970... It took ~50 years to start making the hole - and you expect it to be better in less than half of that time?<- that despite the fact that some places are still using them.... It's probably going to stay somewhat crappy for awhile due to the poison fed to it 10 - 20+ years ago.
We have stopped CFC's, but I don't think we have been doing anything to pro-actively replenish the ozone.

We need a rogain program for the earth, .

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