One gallon of gasoline in an automobile’s engine produces on the average 9.5 kg of carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas, that’s is, it promotes the warming of Earth’s atmosphere. Calculate the annual production of carbon dioxide in kilograms if the are 250 million cars in the United States and each car covers a distance of 5000 mi at a consumption rate of 20 miles per

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One gallon of gasoline in an automobile’s engine produces on the average 9.5 kg of carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas, that’s is, it promotes the warming of Earth’s atmosphere. Calculate the annual production of carbon dioxide in kilograms if the are 250 million cars in the United States and each car covers a distance of 5000 mi at a consumption rate of 20 miles per gallon.
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