Thread by @brent_bellamy

Thread about vehicle emissions from the TV show NOVA:

If the carbon coming from the tailpipe of a car was a solid instead of a gas, it would create the equivalent of emptying a 5 pound bag of charcoal briquettes on the ground, every 25 miles, or one gallon of gas consumed. 1/6

The average car is driven a distance of 12,000 miles annually, releasing over one ton of carbon per year. The equivalent of emptying 400 five pound bags of charcoal briquettes on the ground. 2/6

The one hundred million private passenger cars (representing only 40% of all vehicles) on the road in the U.S. alone, release about 330,000 tons of carbon daily. The equivalent of emptying 132 million, five pound bags of charcoal briquettes on the ground EVERY DAY. 3/6

The one billion private passenger cars in the world release 3 million tons of carbon daily. The equivalent of emptying 1.2 billion, five pound bags of charcoal briquettes on the ground EVERY DAY. 4/6

When all sources are added together, the total amount of carbon released by human activities every year is 12.5 billion tons. As a solid this would be like a mountain of charcoal briquettes 4 miles across and over one mile high. 5/6

If all the Carbon released into the atmosphere by human activities was a solid instead of a gas, every three years it would create a pile of charcoal briquettes larger than Mount Everest. 6/6

Source.
NOVA
Season 47
Episode 1 - Polar Extremes
Air date 05/02/20