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In article <39C8131B.FE9930E9@clark.net>,
Tiny Human Ferret  <klaatu@clark.net> wrote:
}Tracey-Levin wrote:
}> 
}> Who believes the leftists when they claim the polar caps are melting, and that
}> some hole has developed in the Ozone layer???    Let me tell you something you
}> probably don't know because they won't tell you....In winter months, the ozone
}> hole develops because of a lack of sunlight!  Yes, thats right, and here in
}> Houston, we have Ozone alerts all summer.....Why?????  Why don't we have them
}> in the winter?????  Because there is not enough sunlight to produce high
}> levels of Ozone.
}> 
}> SO, the commie left takes a natural event and uses it to put fear in the
}> hearts of Americans......Note how few scientists will step forward to tell the
}> whole truth!
}> Do you know why???
}> 
}> The commie left is evil, and a threat to liberty.
}> 
}> Tracey
}
}Tracey, with all due respect, you're a complete idiot.

That may be the case, but s/he/it has found a few nuggets of truth.

}molecules will create ozone. Actually, it does pepetrate to some degreer,
}but the rate of ozone formation is less than the rate of ozone depletion due
}to the presence of chloroflourocarbons (freon, etc).

CFCs don't destroy ozone on their own -- they require UV light to
destroy ozone.  In the polar winters, there's not a lot of UV light.

}In Houston, you get the Ozone alerts because that's when inversion layers
}trap ozones which are created at ground level by _internal combustion
}engines_.

I don't know about Houston, but for those of us at more moderate
latitudes, the ozone has a lot to do with sunlight.  Summer sunlight
does cause the production of more ozone at ground level; other
pollutants such as hydrocarbons help this process along.

}If those could somehow be gotten up to the ozone layer, they'd be
}doing something useful such as shielding us from ultraviolet radiation. But
}as it is, ground-level ozone does nothing but irritate the lungs and eyes.

Actually, it shields from UV at ground level as well.  Just not over
such a wide area.
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Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
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