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Re: Why the founding fathers limited government scope (was Re: Rolling Blackouts
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Sat, 12 May 2001 19:48:02 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:

each launching of the space shuttle depletes between 8% and 10% of the ozone
layer.  Now, I'm not a mathematician, but we've had considerably more than 10
or 12 launches, have we not...?

Sure, but it's 8-10% of the current (or remaining) ozone.  So the first one
stripped away 10% of the original amount, the next one 9%, the next one 8.1%,
etc.  So we'll always have some left.

Or maybe the Ozone Flies just release more.

Who knows?

Chris



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  Re: Why the founding fathers limited government scope (was Re: Rolling Blackouts
 
(...) Oh, wait, it's only 8-10% of the ozone it *passes through*, right? ;) I mean, good Lord, only if we're powering it with sulfur! (...) The solution, of course, is to simply drive our cars around in the stratosphere. (A reference, however (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Why the founding fathers limited government scope (was Re: Rolling Blackouts
 
(...) A few years ago I read in a less-than-scrupulous...researched article that each launching of the space shuttle depletes between 8% and 10% of the ozone layer. Now, I'm not a mathematician, but we've had considerably more than 10 or 12 (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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