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From: rambler@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Dan Meyer)
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Subject: Re: Ozone and the shuttle
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Date: 19 Apr 91 01:09:00 GMT
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rivero@dev8a.mdcbbs.com writes:
>In article <4607@orbit.cts.com>, rambler@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Dan Meyer) writes:
>> People, poeple, people...
>> 
>> There is nothing, yes, NOTHING that we can do here on the planet that will
>> cause global changes in the earth's climate! For example, the planet belches
>> all sorts of pollutants into the atmosphere in far greater quantities than
>> man could ever dream of doing. I have had it up to -here- with all of these
>> _Chicken Little_ the-sky-is-falling types (the media included) who believe
>> that life as we know it will be significantly altered due to man's pilligang 
>> of the planet. The only reason life is going to be significantly different is
>> that we start to believe that the sky is falling. Chill out people. Start 
>> thinking about what the media is saying. Consider that they never get anything
>> right. THINK FOR YOURSELF!
>
>This is a joke, right? The depletion of the ozone layer has been scientifically
>documented, and the Arabian Gulf is full of dead animals. The skies over
>the recent warzone are blackened with oil fire smoke, which has been suggested
>as a possible cause of the recent ( and completly unexpected) heavy rains
>here in Southern California.
>
>We DO affect this planet, by virtue of the sheer numbers of us.
>
>Michael

The Depletion of the ozone layer is documented? *where*? 150 years of weather
data do not provide enough data to support any meteorlogical norms, and the
media is crying " global warming, global warming!!!" and " the ozone is going,
the ozone is going!! ". How can you support your claim that your baseline is
not artificially way too high, and what is taking place is perfectly normal. 

Almost all of the population has no idea how massive the ozone layer (and
other parts of the atmosphere) is. Whatever the amount of freons that we are
emmitting into the is, it seems to me that it amounts to less than a drop in
the proverbial bucket. 

I stand by my original statement. 

-- Dan Meyer

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