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Re:Volkswagen Is Ordered to Recall Nearly 500k Vehicles Over... by doughj3 on Friday September 18, 2015 @12:40PM (#10240180)
> The software was designed to conceal the cars’ emissions of the pollutant nitrogen oxide, which contributes to the creation of ozone and smog.

Is this an error in the article or is creating ozone a bad thing?

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Re:Volkswagen Is Ordered to Recall Nearly 500k Vehicles Over... by ctrl_freak on Friday September 18, 2015 @12:45PM (#10240224)
> is creating ozone a bad thing?

At the ground level, yes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone

"Ozone is a powerful oxidant (far more so than dioxygen) and has many industrial and consumer applications related to oxidation. This same high oxidising potential, however, causes ozone to damage mucous and respiratory tissues in animals, and also tissues in plants, above concentrations of about 100 ppb. This makes ozone a potent respiratory hazard and pollutant near ground level."

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Re:Volkswagen Is Ordered to Recall Nearly 500k Vehicles Over... by capnrefsmmat on Friday September 18, 2015 @12:42PM (#10240198)
Ozone is a respiratory irritant when it's at low altitude, so pumping out ozone isn't a great way to help the ozone hole:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone#Ozone_air_pollution

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Re:Volkswagen Is Ordered to Recall Nearly 500k Vehicles Over... by aw3c2 on Friday September 18, 2015 @12:42PM (#10240196)
It is! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone#Health_effects
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Re:Volkswagen Is Ordered to Recall Nearly 500k Vehicles Over... by jandrese on Friday September 18, 2015 @12:56PM (#10240303)
Ozone production at ground level won't reach the upper atmosphere. It is too reactive. So all it's doing is burning people.
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Re:Volkswagen Is Ordered to Recall Nearly 500k Vehicles Over... by dragonwriter on Friday September 18, 2015 @02:48PM (#10241264)
> Ozone production at ground level won't reach the upper atmosphere. It is too reactive.

And, also, heavier than air.

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Re:Volkswagen Is Ordered to Recall Nearly 500k Vehicles Over... by to3m on Friday September 18, 2015 @01:25PM (#10240555)
Nitrogen oxide is the new smoking: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/10862975/Emission-t...

(Article is from last year - it's just something I found on google just now - but representative.)

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