On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Chuck McManis wrote:
> It isn't patents, it is the CFC treaty (Osaks?) that bans the production
> (first) and then use (second) of CFCs based on their alleged, but unproven,
> impact on the ozone layer surrounding the earth. Note that I do not dispute
> that there is a gap in the ozone layer around the earth, only that no one
> has yet given anything more than conjecture on why it exists, and since we
> don't have historical data on its existence (or lack thereof) we don't yet
> have anyway of proving or disproving said conjectures, but something that
> _was_ a provable way of saving _actual human lives_ was banned because of
> it. </soapbox>
The ozone layer probably didn't exist until we invented electricity :0
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