So I was in my Geology class today and we discussed this article (http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/2009/08/28/nitrous-oxide-fingered-as-monster-ozone-slayer.html) about the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration nitrous oxide being a potential cause for ozone depletion. What really burned my toast was some of the comments, such as:
"I thought caring about the ozone layer went out of fashion since the invention of global cooling...er, warming...sorry, climate change. Nature creates more CFC's than mankind does. A volcano releases more CFC's into the atmosphere than mankind has ever produced in its history.
This stuff is fake. Fake, fake, fake. It's a bunch of envriomental Nazis who want to tell you how to live (notice that the supposed global cooling AND global warming were both caused by bad old fossil fuels). They overstate, obfuscate, and outright lie to make you believe that we can "save" the Earth only by living like it was the 19th century."
and
"Once again NOAA staff using too much of a sample gas in the lab and trying to find an excuse. The real question is, Was the reporter inhaling?"
What the hell is with all the assholes thinking they know better than a bunch of professional research scientists? Do they think that they just make up stuff for shits and giggles? I can tell you the one you thinks CFCs, a synthetic chemical that is in no way found in the environment, comes from volcanoes is certainly no expert. Y'know, it's times like these a technocracy ran by scientists looks pretty good.
"I thought caring about the ozone layer went out of fashion since the invention of global cooling...er, warming...sorry, climate change. Nature creates more CFC's than mankind does. A volcano releases more CFC's into the atmosphere than mankind has ever produced in its history.
This stuff is fake. Fake, fake, fake. It's a bunch of envriomental Nazis who want to tell you how to live (notice that the supposed global cooling AND global warming were both caused by bad old fossil fuels). They overstate, obfuscate, and outright lie to make you believe that we can "save" the Earth only by living like it was the 19th century."
and
"Once again NOAA staff using too much of a sample gas in the lab and trying to find an excuse. The real question is, Was the reporter inhaling?"
What the hell is with all the assholes thinking they know better than a bunch of professional research scientists? Do they think that they just make up stuff for shits and giggles? I can tell you the one you thinks CFCs, a synthetic chemical that is in no way found in the environment, comes from volcanoes is certainly no expert. Y'know, it's times like these a technocracy ran by scientists looks pretty good.