It is certainly a contributing factor, just a rather minor one. Volcanic eruptions put out many orders of magnitude more pollutants into the atmosphere than humans ever have. They have a much greater effect upon the ozone than we do.
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Originally posted by alarikf:
I'm glad someone came forth to say the emperor has no clothes. I avoided it becuase of the risks of bringing up politics in this very important issue which should NOT be political which always seems to be...and for the wrong reasons.
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What are you talking about? We are certainly not helping the environment, we just did not cause the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica. That was caused by massive volcanic eruptions.
[ February 12, 2004, 16:46: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]