The world burns appro
year. use the con
tion a
can
burns approximately 3.7 x 10 kg of fossil fuel per
ise the combustion of octane as the representative reac-
and determine the mass of carbon dioxide (the most signifi-
greenhouse gas) formed per year. the current concentration
of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is approximately 399 ppm
(by volume). by what percentage does the concentration in-
crease each year due to fossil fuel combustion? approximate the
average properties of the entire atmosphere by assuming that
the atmosphere extends from sea level to 15 km and that it has
an average pressure of 381 torr and average temperature of 275 k.
assume earth is a perfect sphere with a radius of 6371 km.