London Banter - View Single Post - "Heathrow and Gatwick airports: Ministers mull rail link" (twixt the two)

[email protected] · October 15th 11, 07:33 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:02 +0100 (BST)
lid (Paul Cummins) wrote:
We were about to embark at Dover, when d () came up
to me and whispered:

Who cares? Its the same amount of C02 being released whether
its full or empty.

But CO2 in the stratosphere isn't a problem. Nor is it pollution.

That is such a cretinous statement thats its hard to know where to begin
with a reply really. Suffice to say the atmosphere mixes and what goes into
the one part won't stay there forever.

If there was no flight most of the passengers
probably wouldn't make the trip or would use a more efficient train.

Let me know when I can catch a train to Canada.

If you're in the USA it shouldn't be a problem. Anyway , obviously for some
trips an aircraft is the only viable option unless a month on a ship is part
of the plan. But there are plenty of short haul flights which could be
dispensed with.

Anyone who's seen a 707 or concorde at
takeoff can remember the dirty trails of pollution they left
behind.

Which isn't in the stratosphere, which is what you were complaining about.

I think you'll find the engines were just as dirty whatever the altitude.

And Concorde using afterburners was very clean...

********. It left a trail of brown NOx that even Stevie Wonder could have
seen.

B2003