I always remember the effort against CFCs, and how that worked so very well.
But it took the will of the United States to get behind it, then everyone else followed. On 8 February 2011 17:04, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > Finally, I think it is worth pointing out that changing human activity > can and has had a positive effect on the atmosphere. For years, the > ozone hole in the southern hemisphere got bigger and bigger each year. > Finally, against the wishes of industry-backed groups, the world came > together to ban chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) used as propellants in spay > cans and such. In the subsequent years, the ozone hole has stopped > getting bigger and even started getting a little smaller. Industry > survived just fine in spite of their protestations to the contrary. We > came up with new and better alternatives. Those CFCs will be in the > atmosphere for decades to come but things will gradually get better. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334118 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
