alcoholic beverages. In fact‚ during prohibition many people died or became severely ill from methanol poisoning when they drank the liquid as a substitute for commercial liquor. Methane gases are sometimes used to power automobiles‚ which is a source of emition for methanol. Drinking even a small amount of methane alcohol will paralyze the optic
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waste such as natural textiles‚ paper or processed wood. It also excludes those by-products of food production that never become waste. Currently the main environmental threat from biowaste (and other biodegradable waste) is the production of methane from such waste decomposing in landfills‚ which accounted for some 3% of total greenhouse gas emissions in the EU-15 in 1995. The Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC) obliges Member States to reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste that they
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increased over the past centuries. Climate changes have been caused by technological inventions. There has been an increase of carbon emission in the atmosphere since industrial revolution. The four key contributors of climate change are water vapor‚ methane‚ ozone and carbon dioxide. Some of the current trends that have proven existence of global warming include warming of the planet‚ rise of sea level‚ and natural calamities such as storm and floods (Archer 2011‚ 3). According to the report by Intergovernmental
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This resulted from the burning of fossil fuels‚ solid waste‚ trees‚ wood‚ and other chemical reactions. The biggest reason is because of the burning of fossil fuels this includes driving your car and nuclear power plants. Another greenhouse gas‚ methane‚ comes from landfills‚ coal mines‚ oil‚ natural gas operations‚ and agriculture. It represented about 9% of total greenhouse gas emissions (Citation). Nitrous oxide (6% of total greenhouse gas emissions) is emitted through the use of nitrogen fertilizers
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others result from human activities. Naturally occurring greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide‚methane‚ and nitrous oxide. Certain human activities‚ add to the levels of most of these naturally occurring gases. Carbon dioxide is released when solid waste‚ fossil fuels (oil‚natural gas‚ and coal)‚ and wood are burned. Methane is emitted during the production and transport of coal‚ natural gas‚ and oil. Methane emissions also result from the decomposition of organic wastes in landfills and the raising
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atmosphere due in large part to the extensive burning of coal and other fossil fuels for energy production (EPA‚ 2014). The Chemical process of combustion can be showed by 6 O2 + C6H12O6 --------> 6 H2O + 6 CO2 + energy (Kreger C‚ November 2004). Methane or CH4 is present in the atmosphere at less than 1% the levels of carbon dioxide‚ however it is 25 times more efficient as a
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Hokan‚ Albert AP Language‚ Period 5 26 March 2013 Proposal Paper Environmental awareness has been a deep concern and arising issue that has crept up slowly due to mass industrialization. Americans have become the number one consumers of paper (TheDailyGreen) consequently causing a significant increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and destruction of forests and habitats throughout the world. In order to cope with this environmental destruction caused by tree paper production‚ we
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Costs of Producing Biogas at Dairy Farms in The Netherlands 1 Introduction Anaerobic digestion of organic wastes and by‐products from agriculture and the food industry is a process known for many years and is widely used for waste stabilization‚ pollution control‚ improvement of manure quality and biogas production (Weiland‚ 2006). Biogas production from manure contributes to climate protection by reducing emissions of CO2 via substitution of fossil fuels and by reducing CH4 emissions from the
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There will be a release of about 10 gigatons (1 Gigaton is equal to 2‚204‚622‚621‚848.776 pounds) of carbon-equivalent methane into the atmosphere. Currently‚ there are about 3.5 Gigatons of carbon equivalent methane in the atmosphere(Sciencedaily.com). This will pose serious problems‚ such as hundreds of native plants and animals going extinct adding more of a struggle to the already fragile ecosystem‚ in addition
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Chemical Composition of Natural Gas Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture‚ consisting mainly of methane. While most of the gas supplied to Union Gas is from western Canada‚ some gas is supplied from other sources‚ including the United States and Ontario producers. While the gas from these sources has a similar analysis‚ it is not entirely the same. The table below outlines the typical components of natural gas on the Union Gas system and the typical ranges for these values (allowing for
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