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How green is Co2?

A study of the environmental impact of Co2

~ Greencard for: Co2 ~

	Weight:	1	Kg
	Lifespan:	N/A	Years
	Enegy to make:	0.5	Kwh
	Energy use:	0	Kwh per year
	Co2 footprint	1	Kg
	Chemical footprint:		None
	Waste footprint:	0	%
	Carbon offset:	0.0001	Trees

the maximum amount of carbon the atmosphere can safely hold is 350ppm













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Replacing all of coal with methane for power production would cut CO2 emissions by 1 billion tons a year.

During the past 50 years, atmospheric CO2 has increased by 22 percent.

Higher CO2 enables plants to grow faster and larger and to live in drier climates.

Each person in the UK produces enough CO2 every year to fill five hot air balloons which is about 9 tones.

UK emissions of CO2 currently account for about 2 percent of the global total. The average household could save around two tons of CO2 a year by making itself more energy efficient.

Every year, road transport makes up 21 percent of total man-made carbon dioxide emissions in the UK.

One long return flight can produce more carbon dioxide per passenger than the average motorist in one year.

Air travel currently accounts for about 6.3% of total carbon dioxide emissions in the world.

Carbon dioxide is the largest component of human-caused emissions, accounting for 5.5 billion metric tons of gas every year.

When just 1% of America's 140 million car owners tune up their cars, we eliminate nearly a billion pounds of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere.

Every year approximately four billion tons of carbon accumulates in the air each year, about 30% of this comes directly from the continued burning of the rainforests.

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