OT Ozone?
Ernie Miller
>IF we are depleating the Ozone layers areund the earth how come on the news at night I see the primary polutant as Ozone? If it is at ground level is it unable to make it up to the layer where it should be? Just wondering?
OT Ozone?
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wilbur
>The ozone that protects us from skin cancer is up in the stratosphere, and is concentrated in a layer 10-30 miles above ground level. The concentration of ozone is 8-12 ppm.
The ozone that we make is considered a pollutant if it gets above 0.08 ppm, or a little less than 1% of the concentration of the "good" ozone layer.
So if we were to make enough ozone here at ground level to diffuse up to the stratosphere 10-130 miles above our head to maintain that 8-12 ppm, it would probably kill all of us in the process. Which is too bad -- I'm sure we'd love to be able to say, "Save the planet -- drive an SUV!"