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entERmyMAtrix 60 points ago +60 / -0

Anyone else remember in the early 90s when the Ozone layar was all the rage? We were told it would be gone soon and by the year 2000 we would have to wear protective suits to go outside. FAKE NEWS!

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N0Brakes 33 points ago +33 / -0

And in the 70s when the new ice age was coming. All over the cover of Popular Science

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thebeastmobile 21 points ago +21 / -0

Stop using aerosol cans and putting freon in your car's air conditioning! Don't you know thats gonna kill us all by the year 2000?

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GulagDweller 12 points ago +13 / -1

Funny thing is, they are now saying the "Ozone Hole" is closing and that fact is not a good thing for the Earth either! You can't make this shit up!

"Whatever Happened to the Ozone Hole?"

The lingering "hole" over Antarctica is close to closing—and that may not be entirely a good thing.

"Today the ozone hole appears headed for a happy ending, thanks to unprecedented international action.

Could a similar effort rein in climate change? And is the closing ozone hole actually making global warming worse?"

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GulagDweller 19 points ago +19 / -0

I'm 60 years old and the "Ozone Scare" started in the late 60's when I was a child. I remember it vividly because I was so scared of the "end of the world" scenario they portrayed I wondered why should I care about anything when we were all soon doomed. It was child abuse then and it's child abuse now to continually tell children they have no future.

We should very selectively believe the science, it has been hijacked for decades in the name of politics and social control.

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residue69 12 points ago +12 / -0

And now the CFCs of old have been replaced by flammable refrigerants that run at higher pressures and still don't cool as well.