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Richard Hollingham investigates why ozone depletion sparked unanimous change around the World in 1987 and whether a similar feat could be achieved to fight Climate Change...
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[grizelda]

If the government solution to CFC's had been to tax them instead of a ban we would probably be using twice as much by now. Probably greenpeace is being paid by the oil industry to promote hysteria against nuclear power so there is no alternative to oil.

[peppercorn]

If the government solution to CFC's had been to tax them instead of a ban we would probably be using twice as much by now. Probably greenpeace is being paid by the oil industry to promote hysteria against nuclear power so there is no alternative to oil.

And I thought I was cynical!

Surely it was only so easy to ban CFCs as there was a ready alternative; at only fractionally higher cost.  Also, then, the weight of vested interests opposing change was almost nil - instead now we have pretty much every economy in the entire world.

Plus more or less everyone can visualise the risk of dying of cancer caused by UV radiation.

[Geezer]

Plus more or less everyone can visualize the risk of dying of cancer caused by UV radiation.

Shsssss! The Greek economy is in bad enough shape as it is.