These doomsday warriors look no more like soldiers than the soldiers of the Second World War looked like conquistadors. The more expert they become the more they look like lab assistants in small colleges.
~ Alistair Cooke
The following clip is of Rush Limbaugh on the Ozone Layer Doomsday prediction thirty years ago indicating that the planet has ten years left.
In the truncated clip, Rush says, “I don’t think there’s anything conclusive about what Senator Gore said with all due respect. For example, I think there is no ozone hole over the United States.”
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“I think Ted there is not a crisis. This is the problem I have. I don’t think the earth is fragile. I don’t think the ecology is fragilely balanced and I think the doomsday industry that is typified by members of the Hollywood acting community who say we only got 10 years left to save our planet. We got to act now. There’s no way if what these people say is true then we can’t solve these problems in 10 years anyway.”
Today, many scientists say the Ozone layer heals itself.
Unfortunately, people fall for it now.
Here is Rush Limbaugh calling out the “10 years left” BS back in 1992 pic.twitter.com/J9PvEjloqR
— Jewish Deplorable (@TrumpJew2) February 19, 2021
The Ozone hole catastrophe was exaggerated.
It’s amazing that this is how it was 30 years ago. The striking thing is Al Gore and Rush Limbaugh have a reasonable and intelligent debate in this next clip. They are polite to each other, You don’t see that any longer.
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Two self important amateurs arguing about something beyond their depth. Bunch of mokes following them as if their opinions are the most relevant.
Most of the stuff from ‘recyclling’ to alternate power–eg: battery powered cars–is not what the public has been led to believe it is, anyway. Like all animals we seem to be stuck in a pattern so in the end that ultimate generation will likely find Malthus the closest to ‘right’. The best and clearest helpfull things that could be done would be to limit breeding to Western standards , make a massive effort to clean up all the garbage and get rid of its production. That ain’t gonna happen so we’re stuck with a mess of random factors.
At least Rush spoke of the poles having a reduction in ozone when the sun’s rays do not directly hit them. That was the only substantive statement in the discussion. Gore talked only superficially on the subject, cited government action and gossip. He was an awful science student.
I would be more worried about running out of air. Ozone is produced by the reaction of ionizing radiation hitting the air. In this perfect reaction ozone is produced which then blocks further radiation for the most part from killing us. You will always have holes over the poles during the time there is no sunlight. A sixth grader can figure that out if it is still taught in schools.
What about the rise in CO2 level since dweebs started measuring in the 19th century? Not that we can do much about it, almost 8 billion and growing we’ve got more immediate problems, but the consensus is it’s gone up a few points. Gotta eventually have a variety of effects–most likely mixed and random from our point of view.
The ban might have helped but It depends on who.you talk to. That’s a fact.
The ozone layer is repaired constantly since it is continuously decomposed and reformed via UV light. This has gone on billions of years.