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Old 10th Aug 2015, 20:51
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KenV
 
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with current emissions restrictions and other regulatory bollocks we won't see anything supersonic for another half a century at least
If it runs on hydrogen as indicated, the only emissions will be water vapor, which should be politically correct as it contains no carbon.

On the other hand dumping tons of water vapor in the atmosphere at 100,000 feet may be worse than dumping carbon at that altitude. H2O has more of a greenhouse effect than CO2.
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