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		sonnyblarney on Nov 7, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ozone: The Earth's protective shield is repairing Tackling ozone depletion is a lot easier: we stop using some chemicals. Not a big deal. Tacking climate change is asking everyone to stop using energy (as we know it) which is fundamentally existential. They're not in the same category of proportional impact.

jandrese on Nov 7, 2018 [–]

It's not quite that severe, but as you note the substitutes are a lot more painful than they were with CFCs. Plus the problem is much much larger. We aren't getting out of this with just a little sunburn.

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