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It is easy to look at what has gone wrong. It is, in fact, impossible NOT to face the mistakes we have made. Making mistakes is what allows us to correct them. We have corrected many and are correcting others.
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When I was young, in the 60's and 70's, Stage 1 alerts were not all that rare in Los Angeles. In the 1950s and 1960s we had Stage 1 Alert levels most of the year. (The numbering was different, but we are setting all Stage 1 at current levels, which is .2 ppm of ozone.) If you have ever been in a horrible Stage 1 alert in Los Angeles, at .2ppm, imagine in 1957 when the ozone was over 4 times that. It topped out at .9ppm of ozone!.
But, with unleaded gas and catalytic converters, the smog got better. We planning, conservation and lead free bullets, Condors have made a comeback. With marginal recycling, the constant need for landfills has slowed.
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So things can get better. Let us strive for that this Earth Day, rather than focus on the worst.
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Let's help save these damn cute things....
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