Burning one gallon of gasoline puts 19.2 pounds of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere.
A gallon of gasoline weighs about 6.7 pounds. The gasoline is largely a string of Carbon atoms with a few atoms of Hydrogen attached.
During combustion, 12.5 pounds of Oxygen O2 is removed from the air, and combined with the Carbon C in the gasoline. Then, it is reintroduced into the atmosphere as Carbon Dioxide CO2 in the exhaust. The Hydrogen atoms also combine with the Oxygen to form water H2O as another by product.
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This is a fairly simple process. It will not take much effort to double check the basic chemical reaction using wikipedia or another internet information resource.
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William Schaeffer
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