In my global warming kick, I was amazed to discover that for each gallon of gasoline my car burns, it produces 20 pounds of carbon dioxide. Thus, my commute produces 280 pounds of CO2 every week. That’s 14,000 pounds a year: over 6 metric tons! Put another way, my car produces its own weight in carbon dioxide every three months!
There’s something to think about the next time you’re stuck in rush hour traffic.
I am confused. How does burning approx. 8 lbs of gasoline produce 20 lbs of co2?
Some of the gas was converted to energy to make the car go, some was converted to heat(wasted energy!!!) and some went out the tailpipe.
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follow the link above, grasshoppah.
I see said the blind man.