Topic: Artic ozone thinning

[TomorrowHERD]

Due to the SUN causing solar storms---NOT global warming.

In a new study, scientists conclude that an intense round of solar storms around Halloween in 2003 was at the root of the problem. Charged particles from the storms triggered chemical reactions that increased the formation of extra nitrogen in the upper stratosphere, some 20 miles up. Nitrogen levels climbed to their highest in at least two decades.

"The findings point out a critical need to better understand the processes occurring in the ozone layer."

http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/050301_ozone_thinning.html

[Blade]

I sat next to a guy in 1st class(when I travel a lot) on a flight from Atlanta to Orlando.  On his business card, he had a string of acronyms a mile long behind his name and his position was "Director of Heavy Aircraft" for the US Weather Service.

Basically, he was in charge of all weather aircraft (including sattelites).

After a brief conversation, he asked me what I thought of the ozone layer depletion.  Not being one to a)step on someone's life work for no reason and b)venture too far into a debate where I was so obviously out-classed, I simply said "If there is a problem, we should do something about it."

He asked if I thought there was a problem and I said "That's what I've been reading."

He looked at me and said he thought I was smarter than that.

He went on to say that they have only been monitoring the ozone for the past 20 years (this was in the 90's) and that they really didn't know if the hole had been there 50 years or 50,000 years.

He also explained to me how scientists acquire government grants and funding.  

Since then, I don't believe anything I read and if it's important enough to me, I do my own research.  :wink:

[TomorrowHERD]

EXACTLY!!!!

He also explained to me how scientists acquire government grants and funding.

    I have heard this over and over from people who should know.  Government and college researchers create these big problems  that need A LOT of funding.  "We don't know this, were not sure about that, we need more funding to study this.  This study has done nothing but create more questions which need more research and more funding!!!!!" yada yada yada   This funding is how these guys make BIG $$$$ and keep jobs for years and years.  Hence the second quote in my above post.

    Another thing about this global warming crap.  This is the way socialists/communists are trying to destroy the US economy.  They know that oil is what greases the capitalist economy.  The more difficult they make to explore, drill, and refine oil, the more difficulty the US economy has.  

    They say that there is a limited supply of oil---BULLCRAP!!!  Oil is still being made by the earth.  The common reasoning is that oil is made by decomposed vegetation.  They are now finding oil where there was NEVER ANY vegetation!!!  The Alaskan oil fields have lasted at least 10 years longer than they were supposed to, and there is still more oil there to drill!!!

    I could go on  and on about this but won't.

[carolinaherdfan]

Very interesting post by the both of you.

GO THUNDERINGHERD!

 :grin: