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How much carbon dioxide is released when vegetable oil is burnt as fuel?
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∙ 12y ago
You would probably need to know what type of vegetable oil and what quantity. However, from a global warming point of view, it does not matter because burning a renewable resource like vegetable oil does not make a nett addition to global carbon dioxide concentrations.
Vegetable oil is produced by growing a crop, which absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. After harvesting the crop, we can consume it, burn it or simply let it rot on the ground. This is known as the natural carbon cycle, in which carbon dioxide is absorbed from the air and then eventually returned to the air, with no chnage in long-term carbon dioxide levels. This differs from burning fossil fuels which do actually add to atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
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