Global Warming Caused by Chlorofluorocarbons, Not Carbon Dioxide, New Study Says
1st June 2013
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are to blame for global warming since the 1970s and not carbon dioxide, according to new research from the University of Waterloo published in the International Journal of Modern Physics B this week.
CFCs are already known to deplete ozone, but in-depth statistical analysis now shows that CFCs are also the key driver in global climate change, rather than carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
“Conventional thinking says that the emission of human-made non-CFC gases such as carbon dioxide has mainly contributed to global warming. But we have observed data going back to the Industrial Revolution that convincingly shows that conventional understanding is wrong,” said Qing-Bin Lu, a professor of physics and astronomy, biology and chemistry in Waterloo’s Faculty of Science. “In fact, the data shows that CFCs conspiring with cosmic rays caused both the polar ozone hole and global warming.”
Remember when they banned CFCs? I do. So I guess we can all relax now.
June 1st, 2013 at 21:02
There is NO data that proves that CFCs deplete ozone. It was always a theory, though in the panic to push through the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, a whole section phasing out CFCs was included. Remember how the “ozone hole” was going to be the death of us all? Well, it still grows and shrinks and nobody knows why.
Pop science – If it didn’t cost so much, it would be intriguing.