Combustion emissions, often from fossil fuels, include carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas and can cause global warming, while carbon monoxide can be deadly. Nitrous oxide creates smog and can worsen respiratory conditions. Efforts are being made to reduce these emissions, but current methods are not effective against carbon emissions.
Combustion emissions are those emissions that result from a process of controlled burning or explosion, most likely stimulated by the combustion of fossil fuels. They are considered to be very important and undesirable by-products of the combustion process. The most common combustion emissions are those that include some type of carbon molecule, such as carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide. There are other combustion emissions as well, but they are often overlooked due to the focus on carbon emissions.
Carbon dioxide often gets the most headlines when it comes to emissions. The combustion process in automobile engines produces carbon dioxide, which is then released into the atmosphere. While carbon dioxide, by itself and in manageable amounts, is good for the environment, too much carbon dioxide can be harmful. This emission is considered a greenhouse gas and could be responsible for much of the global warming of the planet.
Even more dangerous than small-scale carbon dioxide is carbon monoxide. While carbon dioxide cannot, by itself, poison people, carbon monoxide can. This combustion emission prevents critical parts of the body from getting the oxygen it needs. Therefore, those who breathe in too much of this gas will eventually find themselves in a struggle for survival. In most cases, this is only a problem in enclosed areas which is why it often kills in or inside cars.
Like these last two combustion emissions, nitrous oxide also has the potential to be a very serious problem. This is another common vehicle emission and is responsible for creating lower level ozone, which is a key ingredient in smog. Not only can smog cause a cosmetic problem, it can also be problematic for those with respiratory conditions such as asthma. Ozone at the highest levels of the atmosphere is beneficial. At lower levels, it’s a pain.
Combustion emissions can only occur when a combustion process has taken place. At that time, the molecules change into different shapes. Thus, molecules that were in liquid or solid form and bonded to each other are eventually separated and become a gas, which is how combustion emissions are formed.
Because of the problems they can cause, efforts are underway to try and find ways to reduce combustion emissions. Some of these methods include placing some type of scrubber on the plants that produce these emissions. While this may be helpful for some emissions, they have not yet been shown to be as effective against carbon emissions.
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