Well, I was a teenager at the time. I suspect I got some
  misinformation along the way.

  "See that big hole? Yup. We caused that hole".
  Then "Oh wait, no we didn't - it's a cycle"
  and along the way, "Scientists overestimate problem - sky is not
  falling".

  I was in elementary/middle school at the time. Back and forth
  and back and forth I'd hear conflicting reports.

  Just found this:

  [1]http://www.wunderground.com/.../climate/ozone_skeptics.asp

  and I'm starting to see where my skepticism comes from.
  Authoritative declarations shifting, one teacher one year says
  one thing, another teacher another year says another, the news
  floundering all over the place... and my science textbook would
  say one thing one year, something else the next.

  I think it's much better now that there is a consistent opinion
  presented to education, media, within the scientific community
  and within most politics.

  The consistency brings a sense of certainty and with certain
  comes action.

  So, I'll take back all I've said. I can see the root of my own
  skepticism.

  I was basing my skepticism on having lost my faith in statistics
  as a kid, never really having developed a faith in
  statistics-as-factual. I couldn't; they changed too much and
  news stories from adults kept changing. I _couldn't_ be a
  believer; too much inconsistency. But now things are far more
  consistent in presentation. It's better now. I probably
  shouldn't have been exposed to statistic-skepticism so young. It
  stuck with me even to today.

References

  Visible links
  1. http://www.wunderground.com/resources/climate/ozone_skeptics.asp

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