2007-04-25 00:34:13 · 7 answers · asked by joyce s 4 in Environment
the effect of pollution from high altitude airplanes and from orbital rockets on global warming is negative.
although these produce a lot of CO2, which increases global warming, they also produce a lot of solid particles at high altitudes, these block some of the sun rays but their main effect is the creation of high altitude clouds, which do not produce rain but block much more sun rays.
so the total effect is global cooling.
funny, but dirt in the air is beneficial to the planet.
2007-04-25 01:56:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not much, because they launch it only a couple times a year. Anyway, the fuel for the main engines is hydrogen, which does not make carbon dioxide when it burns. It is one of the non-global warming fuels some people are proposing using in cars to solve the problem.
2007-04-25 09:06:47 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Global warming is so last year...
Start wondering about Ocean Acidification, the other effect of high CO2 levels.
2007-04-25 07:53:16 · answer #3 · answered by RedwoodLife 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The shuttle fuel is hydrogen and oxygen which will cause water vapor . No Corbin and no CO2 ,how i like that.
2007-04-25 11:14:59 · answer #4 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't cause anything, they go out like once every 2 years, unlike cars that are out 24/7 and cause polution constantly and it builds up.
2007-04-25 07:42:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say very little compared to what the average human
being is doing to it. They go up so infrequently...and the
space stations emit no gases. I would say that is the least
of our worries.
2007-04-29 02:11:56 · answer #6 · answered by Northwest Womps 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagine a block of iron, 10 feet square. now put a goose feather on it. that much.
2007-04-25 07:37:36 · answer #7 · answered by 1000 Man Embassy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋