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hamzer55 t1_j3nztbn wrote

Reply to comment by Madmax1245 in Earth’s ozone layer on course to be healed within decades, UN report finds by bastienleblack

The thing about the hole in the ozone was that the problem was obviously visible, the culprit was found and there were relatively easy solutions to replace it and deal with the situation. So yeah all the countries got together and got rid of it. It’s a rare situation of how the whole world agreed to a solution.

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SilverNicktail t1_j3o9lrj wrote

There wasn't also a trillion-dollar industry willing to spend decades propagandising against fixing it.

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TailDragger9 t1_j3oaqqg wrote

No, but there was (still is) a multi-billion-dollar industry which stood to make even more money by pivoting to the less-damaging chemicals.

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Madmax1245 t1_j3o1jzc wrote

Now if only we could agree about the environment

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