Not exactly safe

We mistakenly described nitrous oxide, one of the byproducts of an engine powered by liquid hydrogen, as being environmentally safe (The hypersonic plane designed to reach Australia in under five hours, page 9, February 5). It is a greenhouse gas nearly 300 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. However, the developer, Reaction Engines, has a research project under way to devise ways of eliminating or capturing all of the NOX elements produced by the fuel. Link

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This entry was written by Craig Silverman, posted on February 8, 2008 at 8:00 am, filed under Newspapers and tagged . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

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