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Jmagerl wrote:
#I remember Dan Rather once saying on a news broadcast that each Shuttle
#launch releases enough ODM (Ozone depleting material) equal to 50,000
#refridgerators loosing their freon (R-12 freon)

Which shows you how much of an idiot Dan is.

The combustion product of the main engines is water. It burns Liquid
Oxygen and H2.

The combustion products of the solid engines are carbon dioxide and water,
and maybe some nitrous byproducts due to the heat.

Cabron Dioxide is only marginally a greenhouse gas, but it's not R12. It
would take a heck of a lot more to make 50K fridge worth of R12.

Ken.
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