Re: Endless Oil?

From: Dan Bloomquist (EXTRApublic21_at_lakeweb.com)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 02:58:45 GMT

Bill Ward wrote:
>
> The decomposition rate of ozone is only half the equation.
> The production rate is equally important
>
> My understanding is that ozone (O3) is formed when short UV
> hits O2 in the upper atmosphere. The UV is absorbed in the
> process, thus reducing the amount reaching the surface.
>
> One thing about photochemical reactions is that they stop
> when the lights go out. During winter at the poles, it's
> continuously dark - no UV, no O3 formation..
>
> So why is anyone surprised when the [O3] drops during the
> polar winter?
>
> Can someone fill me in on the production rate and lifetime
> of the O3 layer without Freon? If the O3 layer were
> somehow completely removed, how long would it take to be
> reformed by the solar UV?

Here is the first faq:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ozone-depletion/intro/

I think to start with, ozone does not want to be ozone. Leave it alone
in a cold dark night and it may survive. Add a catalyst and...

I've got a 'feeling' that it would recover very fast. It is an
equilibrium thing. And that is why it is down some 20% ? 30%. That is
the equilibrium we now find with the given chlorine radicals up there.

The problem with CFAs is cumulative because the the very long lifetime
of these transported radicals.

>
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Ward

Best, Dan. 

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