On the average, every mile driven in a car puts one pound of CO2 into the atmosphere. ONE POUND of CO2 for EVERY MILE driven. Gasoline is mostly Carbon atoms. A gallon of gas weighs 6.7 pounds. During combustion, almost 12 pounds of O2 is removed from the atmosphere and combined with the Carbon in the gasoline producing 19.2 pounds of Carbon Dioxide that is put back into the atmosphere. If you assume that your car gets 19, or 20, miles to the gallon, then EVERY MILE DRIVEN puts ONE POUND of CARBON DIOXIDE into the atmosphere -- forever.
If all the ice on Antarctica melts, the the Sea Level will rise almost 400 feet. Antarctica is 5% of surface area of Earth. The ice averages one mile thick. The oceans cover 66% of the globe. If (Y) represents sea level rise then: 5% x 1 mile = 66% x (Y) or 0.o5 x 5280 feet = .66 x (Y) and (Y) = 400 feet.
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William Schaeffer
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