Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Make It Green Girl, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Can't live with it, can't live without it. death sampleCategory all American's produce anti-matter, it's called American foreign policy, if you want to be an environmentalist not a protagonist then move back to your 'native' countries, else the giant squid will consume you in an instant bath of chocolate fire-guard like material, be warned your doom as a nation is imminent, kindest regards, death a.k.a the grim reaper...... http://greengirl.quickanddirtytips.com/ozone-layer-pollution.aspx?commentid=16022#Comments http://greengirl.quickanddirtytips.com/ozone-layer-pollution.aspx?commentid=16022#Comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:35:38 GMT Erica in Texas sampleCategory Nice info, but there are still some points that should be brought to light. Freon is a heavy gas, just about the only way it can make it up to the ozone layer is if we bottle it, fly it up there and then release it. The banning of Freon has cost us billions of dollars and will cost us billions more. Not to mention the pollution that has been caused by having to manufacture replacement equipment, new lubricants and so on, (since Freon was virtually non-corrosive but has been replaced with a refrigerant that is highly corrosive and will require the perpetual manufacturing of new equipment.) When the rays of the sun strike our atmosphere ozone is created. Period. End of story. The Hole in the atmosphere has likely ALWAYS been there since it is over Antarctica and is not struck by the sun's rays on the regular and prolonged basis that other parts of the world experience. Another hot topic, but not touched on in this episode, the proper use of compact fluorescents. Sorry, but this is a pet peeve of mine. CFLs should be used ONLY in places where they will be turned on and left on for prolonged periods of time. All fluorescents use more energy to light up than standard incandescent bulbs. A standard incandescent bulb uses virtually the same amount of power from the second it it turned on and every second it remains on until it is turned off. The reason to use fluorescent bulbs in places where they will remain on for longer periods of time is because although the initial amount of power to light up the CFL is higher, the amount of energy used for it to remain on quickly drops off. If you really want to cut down on global energy usage, make sure both kinds of bulbs are available for use in every room. If you are just passing through a room and only need light for 20 minutes or less, use an incandescent bulb, if you will need light for longer, use a CFL. Okay, I am getting off of my soap box now. Cheers! http://greengirl.quickanddirtytips.com/ozone-layer-pollution.aspx?commentid=15716#Comments http://greengirl.quickanddirtytips.com/ozone-layer-pollution.aspx?commentid=15716#Comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:51:49 GMT Debt Challenger sampleCategory MIGG, I recently found the wonderful world of podcast and instantly became addicted to yours. I am a closet Environmentalist in the making. I am starting to recycle and picking up reusable shopping bags. I also have changed all of my cleaning supplies out to Method brand. I am trying to reduce my impact on the enviroment and I think your show ROCKS!!!! I love your tips. I wish you updated more. You are the greatest! Keep it up. http://greengirl.quickanddirtytips.com/ozone-layer-pollution.aspx?commentid=13072#Comments http://greengirl.quickanddirtytips.com/ozone-layer-pollution.aspx?commentid=13072#Comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:13:12 GMT Sharon sampleCategory OMG! I love this episode! Actually, I haven't heard it yet, but I know when I do (which will be in about 2.5 seconds), I'll heart it because it's from MIGG! Okay. Bye! http://greengirl.quickanddirtytips.com/ozone-layer-pollution.aspx?commentid=13062#Comments http://greengirl.quickanddirtytips.com/ozone-layer-pollution.aspx?commentid=13062#Comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:41:16 GMT Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:35:38 GMT http://greengirl.quickanddirtytips.com/ozone-layer-pollution.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us