“The justices accidentally, repeatedly referenced laughing gas in a disastrous ruling before declaring that judges know better than agency regulators” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Nitrous oxide *is* *one* of the nitrogen oxides requiring control as a pollutant. Yes, the Court had it partially wrong, but so did Rolling Stone.
Of course, only one of the two is trying to place itself in control of the USA's environmental policy.
No it is not. Nitrogen dioxide shown as NO2. Two oxygens. Makes air pollution.
Nitrous oxide known as laughing gas, has the formula N2O. Two nitrogen This does not cause air pollution because it is a stable gas
NO2 bonds breakwhich means it can combine with ozone to make smog.
Oh, you're right. I really should at least have checked before posting; it would have been easy enough to do. I was just so sure of my grasp of chemistry from those long-ago classes. Sorry, everyone.
