I have found simple statistics for people (each person releases about 800 lbs of CO2 in a year) and automobiles (about 11,000 - 17,000 lbs of CO2 per year) but when I looked for simple numbers for coal burning power plants (which I suspect are major factors in CO2 production) I found an overwhelming about of statistical information. I could not find a source that gave me the simple average Answers.com of CO2 released per year
The burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) in industry, transport and the generation of electricity, which releases carbon dioxide (CO2).
Approximately 36 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide are released each year from burning fossil fuels. This carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, where it contributes to the greenhouse effect and climate change.
The only carbon dioxide released by simply cutting the tree is that which is produced by the energy required to cut the tree: the human breathing out carbon dioxide as he swings an axe or uses a saw, the carbon dioxide emitted by a chainsaw's combustion engine, or the carbon dioxide emitted by logging machinery while cutting the tree. Significantly more carbon is emitted afterward as the lumber is transported from the site and as the tree is cut up into smaller pieces, then the smaller pieces are shipped all over. Finally, as the wood biodegrades (or burns), some carbon dioxide will be released.
Charcoal is made up of almost pure carbon, with approximately 85-98% carbon content. When charcoal is burned, it releases carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere as it undergoes combustion. Approximately 3.67 kilograms of CO2 are released for every kilogram of carbon burned.
Approximately 36 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere each year from burning fossil fuels. This significant amount of carbon dioxide is a leading contributor to the greenhouse effect and global warming.
The greenhouse gases that are causing global warming are carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). This carbon dioxide comes from burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) in industry, transport and the generation of electricity. The methane comes from rotting organic material in landfills, pig and cattle farms and from melting tundra and lakes. Methane is a greenhouse gas twenty-one times more dangerous, than carbon dioxide, but there is much more carbon dioxide.
Approximately 36 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide are released each year from burning fossil fuels.
Yes, fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) contain carbon that has been stored underground for millions of years. When we burn these fuels for industry, transport, or to generate electricity, then carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is a powerful greenhouse gas, really the only one we have much control over.
There is no carbon dioxide present in Sprite. The carbonation in Sprite is achieved by adding carbon dioxide gas during the bottling process.
On average, exhaled breath contains about 4% carbon dioxide. This amounts to roughly 40,000 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide.
It's in the air and we exhale carbon dioxide.A small percentage of the atmosphere is carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is released by the metabolic processes of organisms, and by our burning of fuels. In recent decades, the amount of carbon dioxide has increased so much, some scientists believe maintaining the current amount of carbon dioxide will devastate Earth's climate. Actually, today there were festivals held all over the world to make people aware of this issue. See http://www.350.org/
The released gases are carbon dioxide and water vapors; a simple test for CO2 is the absorption in calcium hydroxide.If the burning is not incomplete also carbon monoxide is formed; as impurities - sulfur and nitrogen oxides.