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What is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by burning one gallon of gasoline?
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The answer is "8.8 kgs or 19.4 pounds of CO2 emissions by burning a gallon of gasoline". The answer and its detailed calculation can be found at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/420f05001.htm. You can also find the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by burning one gallon of diesel on this same web page.
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19 pounds
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How can you reduce the amount of sulfur dioxide released?
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Do volcanic eruptions increase global warming?
Usually not. The amount of carbon dioxide emitted by volcanoes is very small compared to our emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. In fact, the dust and ash emitted by volcanic eruptions often shields the earth from the sun's rays for days and sometimes weeks, bringing a cooling effect.
What is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by burning one pound of fossil fuels?
First, it should be understood that the gallon of gas will not create any carbon. All the carbon due to the gallon of gas is already there, in and part of the gas(oline). It amounts to about 12/14 of the gasoline, so the carbon content of a gallon of gasoline is 12/14 of 6.2 lb (wt of a gallon of gasoline), or about 5.3 lb of carbon. It will still be 5.3 lb of carbon even if you burn it, since matter is not destroyed in a chemical reaction. If the question is how much carbon dioxide, the simplest answer is that there is about 3.2 times as much carbon dioxide produced in burning alkanes (like octane) as the weight of the alkane. A gallon of gas weighs about 6.2 lb and will combine with oxygen to make about 3.2x6.2 or 20 lb of CO2.
What are carbon emissions?
The amount of CO2 released by humans has increased over the last 200 years. This increase is primarily due to using fossil fuels in industries and vehicles.
Is clean coal renewable or nonrenewable?
clean coal is not renewable
How does a volcano change the earth's atmosphere?
Volcanic eruptions pump out dust, ash and other aerosols. These stay in the atmosphere for about a week, usually causing a cooling effect, as they reflect the sun's rays. The amount of carbon dioxide emitted is small compared with what comes from burning fossil fuels.
Burning coal produces which gas?
Burning coal in complete combustion of oxygen produces carbon-dioxide where as burning coal in limted amount of oxygen produces carbon-monoxide.
What happens after you burn a match?
Burning release carbon dioxide and water; a small amount of ash remain.
Why is the increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide less than the amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced by burning of fossil fuels?
Because trees consume carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.
How do people know that greenhouse gases are being emitted?
Using carbon dioxide as an example: * Measurement of atmospheric carbon dioxide show a progressive increase * Calculations from the amount of fuel consumed indicate that CO2 is being generated, the gas is not being contained, removed or colected. It must therefore be being emitted
