TV's Frink said:

RicOlie_2 said:

I can say for sure that there are many scientists who have completely bizarre ideas about global warming. I was listening to a scientist on the radio talking about how the ice cap over the North Pole is going to disappear in a year! One, freaking year! That's so incredible it almost causes me to reject everything scientists say on global warming entirely, but I do recognize that there is some truth in it.

Some of it is political though. Look at what happened with the banning of CFCs. CFCs were banned by politicians who didn't know their facts. The ozone hole cannot spread away from Antarctica, and cannot occur outside of the months of August to November (I think it's those months), because it's creation is dependent on the Polar Vortex which only occurs in that place during those months. CFCs are responsible for only a minute amount of the damage caused to the ozone hole, which has been occurring since long before humans were able to affect it at all.

Many, though not all, scientists think the ozone hole is a serious problem, but they don't seem to have any evidence for it and it was an initial misinterpretation of the data that led to the misconceptions about the ozone hole.

I think the same goes for global warming.

Citation needed!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/100505-science-environment-ozone-hole-25-years/

I'll get back to you on this tonight. I didn't think the science textbook in which I learned all that would be the best source, but I've contacted the author of the textbook and he's explained himself further. I'll post some illustrative charts later along with a link or two supporting the bit about the Polar Vortex.