Question

Trevor and Nick are taxi drivers. Trevor drives a taxi using diesel oil while Nick drives a taxi using LPG. Whose taxi will cause higher levels of air pollution and why?

Answer 1

Answer:

Trevor's taxi that uses diesel will cause higher levels of air pollution

Explanation:

The amounts particulates, nitrogen oxides, sulfur IV oxide, formaldehyde and other products of combustion specific to fossil fuels are higher in diesel than with LPG, resulting in environmental pollution such as increased summer and winter smog, and acidification

Therefore, a taxi using LPG causes lower levels of environmental pollution than a taxi using diesel because LPG contains less complex and short chain hydrocarbon molecules, compared to diesel, that contains long chain and complex hydrocarbon molecules whose combustion introduces several forms of pollution to the environment.