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That's good news for ozone layer. Luckily this seems to be only a few guys, a wish, and a rendering.

• KMag 11y ago
  > That's good news for ozone layer. Luckily this seems to be only a few guys, a wish, and a rendering. Sorry, what connection does this have with the ozone layer? The most sense I can make of your comment is that you're concerned about CO2 emissions from supersonic flight and don't understand the difference between global warming and ozone depletion.
  • mrob 11y ago
    The problem is not CO2, but reactive chemicals such as nitrogen oxides released near the ozone layer, which is a particular concern with supersonic transport because of the high cruise altitude. See: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/270/5233/70 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/270/5233/70
  • Keyframe 11y ago
    mrob already provided you with an answer. There's some more info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_transport#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_transport#History I thought it was common knowledge. We learned about ozone layer hazards (and SST was among the most destructive ones) in elementary school (7th or 8th grade, Europe) when we learned about ozone layer.