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Reducing N2O

NOx consists of the following three gases: NO, N2O, and NO2

Which one is also a greenhouse gas?

N2O is also known as laughing gas (used at the dentist during tooth pulling). But due to the very long lifetime in the atmosphere, where it is a greenhouse gas, we should limit how much we let into the atmosphere. Thus all the solutions to NOx removal (acid deposition), or mitigation, or prevention, are all applicable to N2O reductions.

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