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Do cars emit carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide?
The principle carbon emission from cars is carbon dioxide. There is some carbon monoxide in the direct engine exhaust if the engine does not have the right air/fuel mixture. This is usually removed by proper operation (since 1975) of the catalytic converter.
What is carbon dioxide produced by both the processes of?
Carbon dioxide is produced by both the process of respiration in animals and the combustion of fossil fuels in cars, factories, and power plants.
How does carbon dioxide cause pollution?
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. It traps heat from the sun and prevents it escaping from the atmosphere. It makes the Earth a warmer place. In 2007 the US Supreme Court ruled that carbon dioxide was a pollutant and so the EPA had the right to regulate its emission from new cars.
How does driving cars lower the pH of the oceans?
Driving cars releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which eventually dissolves in the ocean to form carbonic acid. This carbonic acid decreases the pH of the oceans, leading to ocean acidification.
What has carbon dioxide in it?
Air. Beer. Champagne. Soda pop. Fully charged CO2 canisters. Dry ice contains a lot of carbon dioxide. Human lungs have some, and mining pits deep inside mountains serve as natural traps and reservoirs of this heavy gas.
How do cars emit carbon dioxide?
Cars run on burning of fossil fuel, which is mainly hydrocarbons, compound of carbon and hydrogen which on oxidation (burning) produces Carbon dioxide, water (and Carbon Monoxide if oxygen is not sufficient for combustion).
Do cars give off carbon dioxide when they are in operation?
Yes, cars emit carbon dioxide when they are in operation.
Is carbon dioxide found in homes related to utilities?
As well as being produced by cars, certain industrial processes, burning wood and so on, carbon dioxide is what human beings produce when they exhale (breathe out). So yes, carbon dioxide is in EVERY home.
How does cars put carbon dioxide into the air?
Burning gasoline releases the carbon dioxide.
Do cars produce carbon dioxide emissions?
Yes, cars produce carbon dioxide emissions when they burn gasoline or diesel fuel.
How much carbon dioxide does a bus produce for each gallon of gas?
I can do this in metrics. One litre of gasoline (about 1/5 gallon) produces about 2.3 kilograms of carbon dioxide. Buses are usually more efficient in terms of carbon dioxide emissions per passenger than cars carrying just one or two passengers.
Do cars emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?
Yes, cars emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as a byproduct of burning gasoline or diesel fuel.
Do cars release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?
Yes, cars release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as a byproduct of burning gasoline or diesel fuel.
Do cars pollute the air or people?
Both. Cars emit Hydrocarbons + Nitrogen Oxides + Carbon Dioxide + Carbon Monoxide. People emit Methane and Carbon Dioxide.
Do cars produce carbon dioxide as a byproduct of their operation?
Yes, cars produce carbon dioxide as a byproduct of burning gasoline or diesel fuel in their engines.
What is the pollution from cars called?
Carbon Dioxide or Carbon Man oxide.
What produces carbon dioxide and how?
Carbon dioxide can be produced by burning organic compounds in oxygen. Carbon dioxide and water are always products of combustion reactions involving organic compounds.
