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[–] DarkMessiah@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

“Whatever happened with the ozone layer panic, if scientists are so smart?”

We listened to the scientists, and the problem went away.

[–] MediciPrime@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago

Didn't go away, just stopped getting worse at an alarming rate.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

It's the same as people using the example of the Y2K bug being a non event. Yeah, because globally trillions of dollars were spent fixing it before it became an event.