Post on 30-Sep-2020
SOME HEALTH CONSEQUENCES:CO: RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS ; CHEST PAINS; AT EXTERMELY HIGH LVELS IT IS POISONOUS AND MAY CAUSE DEATH NOx: RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS; MAY TRIGGER ASTHMA ATTACKS
AIR DEVICES DETECT:
COCARBON MONOXIDE
NOxNITROGEN OXIDES
EPA’S AIR QUALITY INDEX INCLUDES CO + NOx PLUS:
SO2SULFUR DIOXIDE
PMPARTICULATE MATTER
O3GROUND LEVEL OZONE
LEAD
AND THEN THERE IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
INTENDED BYPRODUCTS:GAS, DIESEL, HEATING OIL, ASPHALT, FERTILIZERS, LUBRICANTS, INSECTICIDES, CHEMICALS, PLASTICS, RUBBERS, DETERGENTS, PERFUME, TAR, MEDICINE, MAKING STEEL....
DUE TO NOx PUBLIC WELFARE CONSEQUENCES:
GROUND LEVEL OZONE; ACID RAIN; DETERIORATES WATER
QUALITY; REACTS TO FORM TOXIC CHEMICALS AND PARTICULATE
MATTER (PM)
NO
x +
CO C
ON
TRIB
UTE
TO
GLO
BAL
WA
RMIN
G
NO
x +
CO C
ON
TRIB
UTE
TO
GLO
BAL
WA
RMIN
G
NO
x +
CO C
ON
TRIB
UTE
TO
GLO
BAL
WA
RMIN
G
COMBUSTIONELECTRICITYTRANSPORTATIIONENERGY PRODUCTIONMANUFACTURINGAGRICULTUREHEATING
UNINTENDED BYPRODUCTS
FOSSIL FUELS
CARBON DIOXIDE
METH
ANE
NITR
OU
S OX
IDE
HFC
s, / PFCs
OTH
ER CO
2 GREENHOUSE GASES
OIL
GAS
COAL
300 MILLION YEARS AGO, GIANT PLANTS DIED IN SWAMPS. THE PLANTS WERE BURIED UNDER DIRT AND WATER.
PRESSURE AND HEAT TURNED DEAD PLANTS INTO COAL.
300 - 400 MILLION YEARS AGO, MARINE ALGAE DIED AND WAS BURIED ON THE OCEAN FLOOR. OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS, THE REMAINS WERE BURIED DEEPER AND DEEPER...
PRESSURE AND HEAT CHANGED SOME OF THIS ORGANIC MATTER INTO OIL AND GAS.