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Yes, gasoline or petrol is a fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), and burning it releases carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that has been hidden away for 300 million years.
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What action would most likely increase the greenhouse gas?
Build more gasoline-powered cars
Which gas is known as the third greenhouse gas?
Nitrous Oxide is the third greenhouse gas.........
Is ammonia NH3 a greenhouse gas?
No, Ammonia is not considered a greenhouse gas.
Does natural gas produce greenhouse gases?
No, renewable energy produces no polluting carbon dioxide (CO2) or any other gas. This is why it is preferred over fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), the burning of which in industry, transport and the generation of electricity is causing global warming.
Who are the major emitters of greenhouse gases?
Burning of coal, oil (including gasoline), and natural gas to produce carbon dioxide. Also decomposing of vegetable and animal matter to produce methane.
How can a pound of gasoline equals 3 pounds of greenhouse gas?
Short answer, it can't. Long answer, the "theory" is that the individual components of gasoline combine with components of the air when combusted to produce "greenhouse gas".
What are the main gases of the greenhouse?
Burning of coal, oil (including gasoline), and natural gas to produce carbon dioxide. Also decomposing of vegetable and animal matter to produce methane.
Does nature produce greenhouse gases?
Natural gas is a greenhouse gas, methane, and when it is burnt it releases the other greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide.
Convert gallons of gas to greenhouse gas emissions?
An American gallon of gasoline weighs about 6.4 pounds. Not counting water vapour, ach pound of gasoline produces about 2 to 3 pounds of greenhouse gases.
What gas does gasoline produce when burt?
hypodromical tracklene gas
What greenhouse gases do watermelon produce?
Some people want to convert old discarded fruits and rinds into ethanol. This can be mixed into gasoline for cars. When you burn it, it produces carbon dioxide, our most infamous greenhouse gas. This produces more greenhouse gas because we are burning the fruit instead of letting it rot and become buried safely in the ground.
Which is an advantage of the hydrogen fuel cell over gasoline engines?
the product in hydrogen cells is not a greenhouse gas can also be: The product in the fuel cell reaction is not a greenhouse gas - apex :)
What is the greenhouse gas that humans produce the most of?
CO2 or Carbon Dioxide.
Do microbes requie oxygen to produce the greenhouse gas method?
yes they do
What action would most likely increase the greenhouse gas?
Build more gasoline-powered cars
Is petroleum a gas?
Petroleum is a crude oil that is used to produce gasoline.
What is the role of gasoline in global warming?
Gasoline is one of the fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), the burning of which is causing global warming. Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, rises into the atmosphere where it traps heat.
