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I remember CFCs, aerosols and the Ozone hole being big news when I was little.  I guess this is an example of how attitudes and actions have changed for the better.

But I guess it wasn't that hard to do - it relied on industry finding alternatives to those chemicals and developing new processes as well as there being large enough political will to force that to happen.  And there were alternatives which meant that the public could easily adapt from one method to another of refrigerating food or getting their 80s punk hair to hold - I don't come across anyone lamenting the lack of CFCs nowadays in the way that people would lament the lack of oil which we are far more dependent on. Good things can happen in smaller steps perhaps.

Thanks for the article.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Sep 10th, 2009 at 04:03:35 AM EST
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Thanks indeed for the article.

We thought ourselves very clever if we could wrap campus politics of 1970/71 to include Anti-VietNam War politics as well as CFC politics. What fun, until Kent State, of course.

Ah~ to have that energy in the streets again.

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

Frank Delaney ~ Ireland

by siegestate (siegestate or beyondwarispeace.com) on Wed Sep 16th, 2009 at 08:31:28 PM EST
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