Ozone Quotes

"Do you really want to know why I`m doing all this goodwill, and why I`m an ambassador for Habitat for Humanity and why I gave a million to (relief efforts for Hurricane) Katrina? It`s because I feel guilty about the huge hole in the ozone layer my haircuts created. It`s my responsibility to right the wrongs of the Eighties."

If you want a higher power, go to the goddamn sun. Just go to the sun - and stop destroying the ozone layer.

So I`m going to go on and work on preserving the ozone layer, encouraging everyone to recycle.

When I was a kid, we never heard of smog, ozone depletion, acid rain, green house gasses.

This study demonstrates that the pre-20th century atmosphere was essentially devoid of the long-lived gases currently depleting stratospheric ozone. It underscores the human contribution to these gases in the atmosphere and the need for compliance with current international agreements to bring the atmosphere back to pre-ozone hole conditions.

Ours is the first study to look at ozone in each layer of the atmosphere above Houston. Over the past year, we`ve seen that high levels of ozone extend much higher than previously believed, up to three or four miles in some instances.

Without knowing the full magnitude of Houston`s ozone problem, policy makers will have a difficult time implementing effective solutions.

TCEQ is interested not only in characterizing the ozone above Houston, but also in finding out where that ozone ends up. To that end, they`ve given us extra money to launch about 15 percent of our balloons from sites that are 80-100 miles from the city.

When it comes to taste and odor, ozone is pretty much unmatched.

Ozone blasts it. I like it!

We`re looking at Earth science, observing our planet. Also space science, looking at the ozone in the atmosphere around our Earth. Also looking at life science. And on a human level, using ourselves as test subjects.

There was the South Ozone National Bank looking as though it had been waiting for me.