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THE ENGINE AND THE ATMOSPHERE
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Which is the major exhaust product? 1.carbon monoxide 2.nitrogen oxide 3. sulphur dioxide 4.carbon dioxide 5. krypton monoflouride
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OUTLINE To show the direct relationship between engine emissions and carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere---- and global warming. To provide courses of action.
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The Planet The Engine
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winter summer CO2 Level Season Happy Planet ! REGULAR BREATHING
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The real planet we live on
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GASOLINE OR COAL OR NATURAL GAS ALWAYS PRODUCES CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER WHEN BURNED IN AIR Other products too in very small amounts. What are they?
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Burning hydrocarbon fuels MUST produce carbon dioxide and water
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Thus, 1 gallon of gasoline produces 18 lbs of carbon dioxide On a holiday trip of 200 miles an average car puts 300 lbs of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. It stays here for 100 years.
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How many road vehicles are there in the world? 1 5 million? 2 50 million? 3 500 million? 4 5 billion? 5 5 trillion zillion?
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500 MILLION VEHICLES IN THE WORLD BURN 2 GALLONS EACH PER DAY That is more than 3 billion tons (3,000,000,000 Kg) of carbon dioxide per year into the atmosphere!!
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Our Atmosphere is very Thin
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The Atmosphere The atmosphere of the earth is mainly Nitrogen (78%) and Oxygen (21%) by volume. Carbon dioxide (a green house gas) is only around 0.038%.
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Mass of the Atmosphere is 5.2 thousand trillion tons
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The vehicles added 3 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year. The mass of the atmosphere is 5.2 thousand trillion tons
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This is approximately 0.6 parts of Carbon Dioxide per million parts of atmospheric mass per year. (in volume units it is 0.44 ppmv/yr) This is for vehicles only (add power plants etc. and it comes to 1 to 2 ppmv/yr)
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CO2 YEAR
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Greenhouse effect
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Zellman Warhaft:Zellman Warhaft: Zellman Warhaft:Zellman Warhaft: GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE
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Kilimanjaro
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floods….
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……and famine
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX VS. ENERGY USE From A Pasternack LLNL Rep. No. UCLR-ID 140773 (Oct. 2000)
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Carbon dioxide Information center CDIAC.ORNL.GOV INDIA CO2 EMISSIONS
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INDIA CO2/capita
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US CO2/capita Carbon dioxide Information Center cdiac.ornl.gov
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US CO2 emissions Carbon dioxide Information Center cdiac.ornl.gov
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Carbon emissions are related to: Population (N) amount of carbon to make a unit of energy (C/E) energy usage per unit of GDP (E/GDP) GDP/capita (GDP/N)
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Kaya Identity N = population GDP = Gross Domestic Product E = energy usage C=carbon into the atmosphere
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Population(N) GDP/N E/GDP C/E Projections for Kaya Hoffert et al “Nature” V.395 29 Oct. 1998
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CO2 and global warming are due to: Population increase (demography, geography,economics,sociology,psychology,history….) Increase in standard of living (development,sociology,economics,business,engineering,government………… ) The amount of carbon we use to produce the energy (engineering, chemistry,physics,materials science…….) The energy usage per unit of GDP (business, economics,engineering,operations research……..)
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ACTION 1.Internalization 2.Education/Research 3.Outreach 4. Examine Tradition
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The Planet The Engine
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China CO2 emissions Carbon dioxide Information Center cdiac.ornl.gov
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China CO2/capita Carbon dioxide Information Center cdiac.ornl.gov
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Italy CO2 emissions Carbon dioxide Information Center cdiac.ornl.gov
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Italy CO2/capita Carbon dioxide Information Center cdiac.ornl.gov
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France CO2 emissions Carbon dioxide Information Center cdiac.ornl.gov
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France CO2/capita Carbon dioxide Information Center cdiac.ornl.gov
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1990 5.9 billion tons of C added. 2006 6.3 billion tons of C added. To cut to 2 billion tons (the 1955 value) by 2100 with the anticipated rate of GDP/capita and power /GDP decline the carbon/power will have to be 10% of today’s value.
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winter summer CO2 Level Season Happy Planet ! summer REGULAR BREATHING
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THE ENGINE AND THE ATMOSPHERE
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