depletion

• Now the "ozone hole" is a major diagnostic of our planetary health, an early indicator of the depletion which is hard to measure globally, but gives itself away among the frozen crystals floating high above the poles. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 02 - August 1994
• Firts kudos to Eli's response that prett much sums it up without getting to verbally entangled, also the refutuations to Lu's hytpothesis in the literature indicates a slight, but very minor influence of cosmic rays on ozone depletion which is quickly reversed anyways as chlorine is bound back to chlorine nitrate. —  RealClimate
• So for 2009, we expect depreciation, depletion, and amortization of $172 million and a non-cash cost base of lands sold of $11 million, or approximately $183 million in total. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
• But now we face the dawn of the Second Half of the Age of Oil when supply declines from natural depletion, meaning that debt goes bad (as is already happening) and the economy contracts. —  Energy Bulletin -
• In this period where demand for energy is outpacing geologic depletion, our interests, expertise and worldviews have become more disparate. —  The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future

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