On 6/1/2011 10:22 PM, Chas wrote:
"Rich wrote in message
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Pete C. wrote:
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so, given solid evidence that flurochlorocarbons, specifically freon,
destroy the ozone layer and cause serious trouble,

Where is this mythical "solid evidence" that this has ever occurred?
Fluorocarbons certainly react with ozone in the lab, everything reacts
with O3 since it's unstable. Fluorocarbons however are heavy molecules,
tend to stay at ground level and decompose when exposed to high heat as
when sucked into a cars engine or a home furnace. I find no evidence
that Fluorocarbons ever make it as high up as the ozone layer in any
quantity. There is solid evidence however that the noted polar hole in
the ozone layer is directly related to cyclical variations in the amount
of UV radiation hitting the polar regions, which is what creates the
ozone in the first place.

THANK you! Reading this from you (or from anyone, actually) makes me feel
like the Kevin McCarthy character in "Invasion of the Body Snathers,"
toward the end at the cop shop when the patrol checks in and reports all
those weird seed pods that got spilled in some truck crash.

Like, "Thank GAWD! There's at least ONE other sane person left!"

Cheers!
Rich

You might find the following link of interest:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_depletion

Regards,

Chas.



The people with whom you are attempting to hold a rational debate will
not consider facts, they wish to believe that they are pure as the halo
on an idol's head and that no real world truth that is adverse to their
belief exists. Of course they are wrong, but noting you can do will
dissuade them - they do not have the intelligence nor the intellect to
understand this.