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Originally Posted by GasoLane
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I checked out the link you have here, then looked up nitrous oxide. What I found was that N2O (Nitrous oxide) released due to agriculture and NOx released as a by product of vehicle emissions are not the same all though they would be classed as Nitrogen Oxides.
The N2O acts like a green house gas, but NOx causes cancer.
N2O breaks down the ozone layer.
NOx reacts with sun light to form ozone.
Both are considered green house gases.
So, the way I see it, the nitrous oxide (from agriculture) is not considered harmful, only a green house gas.