Re: fix the ozone hole?

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Original poster: "cd by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <vbprg1-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Im pretty sure
low level ozone just causes a chemical reaction
with other free floating molecules/ions in air
where the extra O combines to form
sulfur dioxide and other bad chemicals...
sorry were not saving the world
with tesla coils...



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Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: fix the ozone hole?


> Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>
> Ozone at ground level (or reasonably close) doesn't get up into the
> stratosphere, where the "hole" is... if it did, then photochemical smog,
of
> which ozone is a significant component, would be a "good" thing, and it
> isn't.  We're talking tons of ozone from the reaction in smog.
>
> For what it's worth, the amount of tropospheric ozone a TC produces is
> vanishingly small compared to the amount produced by lightning. (which
also
> produces significant NOx, of course).
>
> A good explanation: http://www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk/tour/index.html
>
> > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <Fucian-at-aol-dot-com>
> >
> > In a message dated 10/5/02 3:34:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > writes:
> >
> > << Correct... It rises, but this takes ages, and in the meanwhile the
> >  O3 causes all sorts of undesired effects here down on ground level. Its
> >  pretty toxic.
> >
>