It’s disturbingly common for people to say solved problems were never problems.

See also: y2k

Here’s the fucked up thing: I didn’t even realize the ozone layer thing had gotten so much better and that real action had been taken. We don’t really talk about the successes, and I almost wonder if we should more not only to address people who think they were fake issues, but to prove to those of us who are exhausted and pessimistic about other environmental issues that change CAN be made because it HAS before.