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[QUOTE]Originally posted by glassman: [QB] sorry Oil: [b] How can 6 pounds of gasoline create 19 pounds of Carbon dioxide? It seems impossible that a gallon of gasoline, which weighs about 6.3 pounds, could produce 20 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) when burned. However, most of the weight of the CO2 doesn't come from the gasoline itself, but the oxygen in the air. When gasoline burns, the carbon and hydrogen separate. The hydrogen combines with oxygen to form water (H2O), and carbon combines with oxygen to form carbon dioxide (CO2). CO2 molecule with one carbon atom (atomic weight 12) and two oxygen atoms (atomic weight of 16 each)A carbon atom has a weight of 12, and each oxygen atom has a weight of 16, giving each single molecule of CO2 an atomic weight of 44 (12 from carbon and 32 from oxygen). Therefore, to calculate the amount of CO2 produced from a gallon of gasoline, the weight of the carbon in the gasoline is multiplied by 44/12 or 3.7. Since gasoline is about 87% carbon and 13% hydrogen by weight, the carbon in a gallon of gasoline weighs 5.5 pounds (6.3 lbs. x .87). We can then multiply the weight of the carbon (5.5 pounds) by 3.7, which equals 20 pounds of CO2![/b] [IMG]http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/images/co2.gif[/IMG] http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/co2.shtml that's from your own US Dept of Energy Bush/Cheney government... (and BTW) i looked up the plant thingy before i posted too... CO2 re-release by plants is very insignificant... did i mention that i am married to a genetic engineer? (that's a MOLECULAR biology degree phd) you would be fascinated to know how much the DOE is involved in genetic engineering... they are even working on making "super yeast" to get alcohol from cellulose... which is two polymerised sugars (linked side by side instead of end to end..) try again :p [/QB][/QUOTE]
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