Week Two, Ozone

No one really seems to know what ozone is, how it is formed, and how it manages to mess with the ozone layer. I really didn't understand it at all until we read about it in class, and I even thought it was no longer such a big deal since all the CFC's were banned. The ozone issue really relates to what someone said in class: because this is such an abstract event occurring somewhere we can't even see, there is no emotional response to it. Because very few people understand how ozone affects the planet, it really holds no significant importance as a huge problem in people's minds. It's easier for us to relate to such things as deforestation and the demise of species, so ozone seems to stay somewhere in the stratosphere of our minds when we think about the current global problem.