Global Warming ...
As popularized by Al Gore's, "An Inconvenient Truth" now in theatres, global warming has come front and center in discussions of the environment. Our portion of the world's emmissions are significant (approx 25%), CO2 and Greenhouse Gas emmissions can be measured in units called CO2 equivilency ... the units are multiplicative, some examples:
Methane = 21 times
Nitrous Oxide from fertilizers = 310 times
HFC's foam refrigerants = up to 11,700 times
In the US, 82% of the pollution arises from power generation and automobile use.
The remaining emmissions are attributed to fugitive methane production of which the largest polluters are methane gas from landfills, natural gas production, livestock, coal mining and manure. The problem is enormous in consequence and the US is one of the largest polluters ...
As popularized by Al Gore's, "An Inconvenient Truth" now in theatres, global warming has come front and center in discussions of the environment. Our portion of the world's emmissions are significant (approx 25%), CO2 and Greenhouse Gas emmissions can be measured in units called CO2 equivilency ... the units are multiplicative, some examples:
Methane = 21 times
Nitrous Oxide from fertilizers = 310 times
HFC's foam refrigerants = up to 11,700 times
In the US, 82% of the pollution arises from power generation and automobile use.
The remaining emmissions are attributed to fugitive methane production of which the largest polluters are methane gas from landfills, natural gas production, livestock, coal mining and manure. The problem is enormous in consequence and the US is one of the largest polluters ...
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