A look at carbon dioxide and its leading sources
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Carbon dioxide is the biggest man-made contributor to global warming. It’s caused by burning fossil fuels, the chief ones being coal and oil-based fuels like gasoline and diesel.
The federal government monitors four main “greenhouse gases” - those that hold heat in the atmosphere. They are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and halocarbons.
Carbon dioxide accounts for almost two-thirds of the man-made heat energy trapped in the air. Methane is second, accounting for nearly one-fifth of the extra heat.
Carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere for at least 100 years.
Just how much carbon dioxide goes into the atmosphere depends on what fuel is burned. Here is how much carbon dioxide different fuels emit to produce the same amount of energy, 1 million British thermal units:
- Nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, solar and geothermal electricity plants: zero.
- Natural gas: 117 pounds.
- Jet fuel: 156 pounds.
- Gasoline for cars: 156 pounds.
- Diesel for cars: 161 pounds
- Home heating oil: 161 pounds.
- Bituminous coal, the most abundant U.S. coal: 205 pounds
- Subbituminous coal, the second most abundant: 213 pounds.
- Lignite coal, the third most abundant: 215 pounds.
- Anthracite coal, the rarest in the U.S.: 227 pounds.
Sources: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s annual greenhouse gas index; Department of Energy’s carbon dioxide emissions coefficients for different fuels.
From Wyoming to Idaho, the states’ per capita carbon emissions
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Here are the states ranked by carbon dioxide emissions per capita with No. 1 being the highest pollution per person. In parentheses are per-capita carbon dioxide emissions in metric tons. One metric ton is 2,204.6 pounds. The national average is 20 metric tons.
1. Wyoming (125)
2. North Dakota (80)
3. Alaska (69)
4. West Virginia (63)
5. Louisiana (40)
6. Indiana (38)
7. Montana (36)
8. Kentucky (35)
9. New Mexico (31)
10. Texas (30)
11. Alabama (30)
12. Oklahoma (29)
13. Kansas (29)
14. Iowa (27)
15. Utah (26)
16. Nebraska (25)
17. Missouri (24)
18. Ohio (23)
19. Arkansas (23)
20. Pennsylvania (22)
21. Mississippi (22)
22. Delaware (21)
23. Tennessee (21)
24. Minnesota (20)
25. Colorado (20)
26. Nevada (19)
27. Georgia (19)
28. Wisconsin (19)
29. South Carolina (19)
30. Michigan (18)
31. Illinois (18)
32. South Dakota (18)
33. Maine (18)
34. North Carolina (17)
35. Hawaii (17)
36. Virginia (17)
37. New Hampshire (16)
38. Arizona (16)
39. Florida (14)
40. New Jersey (14)
41. Maryland (14)
42. Massachusetts (14)
43. Washington (13)
44. Connecticut (12)
45. Oregon (11)
46. New York (11)
47. California (11)
48. Rhode Island (11)
49. Vermont (11)
50. Idaho (10)
Source: U.S. Department of Energy, 2003 figures.
Folks, you can not BELIEVE the daily drumbeat of “global warming” and climate emissions over here in Europe, esp on CNN. I even heard a story that made the statement that a jet liner caused “64 metric tons” of emissions on a single flight between the US and Europe.
Would someone please explain that to me? In light of the FACT that the aircraft did not take on 64 tons of fuel? What is really shocking to me is the WILLINGNESS to accept what ever the news says as fact without verification.
Just for this article I’m going to dig out my great grandfather’s AC crank it up to full and keep it running until either my room is a freezer or the thing finally gives out and dies.
I love that old thing, it guzzles electricity putting strain on our local power grid and its one of those pre-regulation ACs so there are plenty of sweet ozone eating chemicals. Any hippies are welcome and try to stop me.
please try.
How long is this man-made-Gorbal-warming-craziness going to last? The sun warms our planet. The state of California does not control climate change on our solar system planets! How long is this man-made-Gorbal-warming-propaganda going to be accepted? Are we really the dumbest nation on the earth?