As part of the combustion process air is brought in and combined with fuel. The mass of the combustion product is fuel + O2. That's how you get 22.4 lbs of CO2 from 8 lbs of fuel.
I had to check because I thought the same thing you did.
As part of the combustion process air is brought in and combined with fuel. The mass of the combustion product is fuel + O2. That's how you get 22.4 lbs of CO2 from 8 lbs of fuel.
I had to check because I thought the same thing you did.
Even counting the mass of oxygen in the CO2 emitted, there is no way far less that 1 million tons of fuel is going to turn into 27 million tons of CO2. The numbers are still grossly inflated.
Even counting the mass of oxygen in the CO2 emitted, there is no way far less that 1 million tons of fuel is going to turn into 27 million tons of CO2. The numbers are still grossly inflated.
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