The ozone holes being smaller could be due to the reduction in flurocarbons and the like since th 70's. I know us here in WEst Aus can lay claim to one of the bigger holes and some of the worlds highest UV.
I have kids so events of the future are something I think about, but in the end it's my kids that have to deal, and they will. I remember my gearhead Dad telling me during the 70's fuel crisis that I probably wouldnt be able to enjoy 'motoring' (as he quaintly put it) because there would be no fuel any more. Yet we still have fuel, and the air in a lot of cities is vastly better than it was in the past despite exponential population & vehicle growth...
I think there's enough of us doing our thang to make a planetary change happen, and that Global Warming is a fact, but I also believe the Ma Nature has many ways of restoring the balance of things, most of which we ain't even seen yet. And I'm quite sure the redress of the balance wont necessarily be pleasant either. If we were at the start of an Ice Age Global Cooling would be the catch cry OMG OMG!!
Currently I think its a bandwagon for anyone who wants media time, and a vehicle to gather sentimental support for politicians.
Dunno about there boys & girls but here close to 75% of the fuel price is govt tax - and it is levied as a % so the higher the price goes the more they rake in.
But we digress .... How's the device working out?
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