Thursday, May 28, 2009

The Ozone Layer If CFCs Hadn't Been BannedPosted May 21, 2009


...The series of images starts with 1974, before CFCs had begun to do significant damage to the ozone layer. Concentrations of ozone in the stratosphere over the United States and Canada are high. By 1994, the model predicts that ozone concentrations over the region have fallen from highs above 500 Dobson Units to about 400. By the simulated year 2009, the ozone layer over much of the United States has thinned to only 300 Dobson Units.
By 2020, the model predicts that an ozone “hole”—concentrations below 220 Dobson Units—forms over the Arctic as well as the Antarctic. By 2040, the ozone hole is global. The
UV index in mid-latitude cities reaches 15 around noon on a clear summer day (10 is considered extreme today). By the end of the model run, global ozone drops to less than 110 Dobson Units, a 67 percent drop from the 1970s....

The Taliban have completely turned against their government. They are al Qaeda trained, no doubt.

I guess I was correct. The success in Swat moved the militants to attack the cities in Pakistan. They don't care about the people. If they did they would not attack the government, but, seek peaceful resolve to their differences. They want the Pakistan arsenal.


Rescue workers and police help the injured from buildings that collapsed after the 100kg bomb was detonated in the middle of Lahore. Photograph: K M Chaudry/AP
..."It was in response to the Swat operation where innocent people have been killed," Mehsud said. The little-known group Taliban Movement in Punjab has also claimed responsibility for the attack....

But, of course the Taliban killed no one, broke no agreements and acted in a peaceful manner when they were provided with all their demands including the release of prisoners that were supposed to be converted to a peaceful resolve for Swat. The statement made was to enflame the people as if their government were wrong. It isn't.

The Taliban have no compassion for their own people, otherwise, no agreements would have been broken and there would have been no aggressions to the areas outside of Swat. I don't believe the Taliban are capable of peace, I believe they are ruthless besides cruel.