There was a time when we listened to scientists. Believe it or not, it actually happened in the 1980s. Under Ronald Reagan. (Don’t get me wrong, he’s still a quasi-villain in this story.) When set against the backdrop of Cop28 being run by an oil and gas executive, that time we banned a whole bunch of products and chemicals in the 80s will make you wistful. When scientists discovered a hole in the ozone layer, the world came together to pass the Montreal Protocol and then something even more miraculous occurred: it worked. In 2017 scientists noticed that the hole had started to repair itself and was shrinking. Here’s the story of how it all came together.

Resources

The Guardian: Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels

European Central Bank: A new age of energy inflation: climateflation, fossilflation and greenflation

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Time: Reagan Administration Officials at First Dismissed the Ozone Hole. Here's What Changed

UNIDO: HCFC Phase Out

Los Angeles Times: Op-Ed: Reagan made a massive environmental mistake. Trump is repeating it, only worse

NOAA: 4 facts you might not know about ozone and the Montreal Protocol

Goldman Sachs Publishing: Lithium: The short trade must go on

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There was a time when we listened to scientists. Believe it or not, it actually happened in the 1980s. Under Ronald Reagan. (Don’t get me wrong, he’s still a quasi-villain in this story.) When set against the backdrop of Cop28 being run by an oil and gas executive, that time we banned a whole bunch of products and chemicals in the 80s will make you wistful. When scientists discovered a hole in the ozone layer, the world came together to pass the Montreal Protocol and then something even more miraculous occurred: it worked. In 2017 scientists noticed that the hole had started to repair itself and was shrinking. Here’s the story of how it all came together.
Resources
The Guardian: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/03/back-into-caves-cop28-president-dismisses-phase-out-of-fossil-fuels">Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels</a>
European Central Bank: <a href="https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2022/html/ecb.sp220317_2~dbb3582f0a.en.html">A new age of energy inflation: climateflation, fossilflation and greenflation</a>
<a href="https://www.noaa.gov/">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)</a>
Time: <a href="https://time.com/5564651/reagan-ozone-hole/">Reagan Administration Officials at First Dismissed the Ozone Hole. Here's What Changed</a>
UNIDO: <a href="https://www.unido.org/our-focus-safeguarding-environment-implementation-multilateral-environmental-agreements-montreal-protocol/hcfc-phase-out">HCFC Phase Out</a>
Los Angeles Times: <a href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-linden-ozone-hole-history-20180202-story.html#">Op-Ed: Reagan made a massive environmental mistake. Trump is repeating it, only worse</a>
NOAA: <a href="https://www.noaa.gov/stories/4-facts-you-might-not-know-about-ozone-and-montreal-protocol">4 facts you might not know about ozone and the Montreal Protocol</a>
Goldman Sachs Publishing: <a href="https://www.gspublishing.com/content/research/en/reports/2023/11/30/781bb7c9-e771-4413-a6f3-e3ae9bd33327.html">Lithium: The short trade must go on</a>
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Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 

Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we know, history is written by the victors and can be perilously manufactured to favor destructive world views. These views become intractably ingrained in the public consciousness and pervert public policy, oftentimes with horrific results. 

As of this podcast’s founding, we find ourselves living in a true kakistocracy. The disconnect between what we believe and what is actually happening below the surface or in plain sight is where this podcast lives. 

Together we’ll upend conventional wisdom, blow up narratives on the left, right and center and use magical devices like facts, logic and reason to explain how exactly we arrived in bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended. #UNFTR

Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 
Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we know, history is written by the victors and can be perilously manufactured to favor destructive world views. These views become intractably ingrained in the public consciousness and pervert public policy, oftentimes with horrific results. 
As of this podcast’s founding, we find ourselves living in a true kakistocracy. The disconnect between what we believe and what is actually happening below the surface or in plain sight is where this podcast lives. 
Together we’ll upend conventional wisdom, blow up narratives on the left, right and center and use magical devices like facts, logic and reason to explain how exactly we arrived in bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended. #UNFTR

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