Posted: 9/14/2014
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Just read Earth's ozone layer on track to recovery, scientists report. The summary reads (emphasis added): “Earth's protective ozone layer is well on track to recovery in the next few decades thanks to concerted international [government] ]action against ozone depleting substances, according to a new assessment by 300 scientists.”
It refers to “The Assessment for Decision-Makers, a summary document of the Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion 2014, is being published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)”
Further: “Without the Montreal Protocol [on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer of 1987] and associated agreements, atmospheric levels of ozone depleting substances could have increased tenfold by 2050. According to global models, the Protocol will have prevented 2 million cases of skin cancer annually by 2030, averted damage to human eyes and immune systems, and protected wildlife and agriculture, according to UNEP.”
The Playbook For CO2 Government Intervention
Again, the Montreal Protocol apparently relied on computer model forecasts etc. like the Global Warmists. We know how inaccurate these computer models are at least since the Club of Rome Limits to Growth Report of 1972. These reports are in general very self serving for all the central planners of all stripes.
In essence this Protocol mandated a forced phase out of certain chemicals. I am not sure whether other options were seriously contemplated or pursued.
I am afraid the Montreal Protocol served as a model for continued heavy government intervention in the environment see e.g. the irrational CO2 craze.
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