environmental catastrophe known as acid rain. the ozone crisis was mitigated by a worldwide ban on cfcs, colhlorofluorocarbons which onc powered aerosol spray cans. acid rain was dealt with in north america by using a novel approach called cap and trade, which enabled older plants to buy credits from newer plants, but with a limit on how much they could pollute. the good news is we found problems, we identified solutions, and we have achieved big results. so why can t we replicate those legislative successes with the even more daunting problem of climate change? the answer to that question can be found in washington. i have offered compelling evidence that catastrophic global warming is a hoax. i would point out that if you re a believer in that, one would have to say the great flood is an example of climate change, and that certainly wasn t because mankind had overdeveloped hydrocarbon