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azamat
3 years ago
7

If you were given the choice and power to prohibit one industry or human activity that produces substantial greenhouse gas emiss

ions in order to save our environment, what would you choose and why?
Biology
1 answer:
Mnenie [13.5K]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

Coal

Explanation:

Climate change is coal's most serious, long-term, global impact. Chemically, coal is mostly carbon, which, when burned, reacts with oxygen in the air to produce carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping gas. When released into the atmosphere, carbon dioxide works like a blanket, warming the earth above normal limits. Let us look at the quantity of carbonoxide coal plant  emits. For example, coal with a carbon content of 78 percent and a heating value of 14,000 Btu per pound emits about 204.3 pounds of carbon dioxide per million Btu when completely burned. Complete combustion of 1 short ton (2,000 pounds) of this coal will generate about 5,720 pounds (2.86 short tons) of carbon dioxide. This is one of the major reason it should Mr stopped.

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