How can we calculate or estimate just the carbon dioxide that arrived to the atmosphere, not those that are absorbed by the oceans, soils and trees?
On the other hand how is it possible to determine the amount of carbon absorption by Oceans, Soils, Trees and atmosphere?
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Vehicle tailpipe emissions should, theoretically, be equivalent to the gasoline consumption of a vehicle (e.g., when burned, one gallon of gasoline produces about 19.6 pds Co2; then you can calculate tailpipe Co2 emissions knowing the fuel efficiency rating for the vehicle [mpg] when moving).
Co2 sequestration can vary by tree types. Generally, the estimate is that an "average" tree sequesters 48 pds of Co2/year. The volume sequestered also varies with age of tree.
Ocean carbon sink: https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/pubs/outstand/sabi2854/sabi2854.shtml
The oceanic sink for anthropogenic CO2 from 1994 to 2007. Science, 2019 DOI: 10.1126/science.aau5153
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In many studies, the emission rate of carbon dioxide produced by a single benzene engine is 180 g/kg of benzene fuel. The resulting diesel engine is 191 g/kg gasoline fuel.
It is therefore possible to calculate the rate of bursts of fuel used during a certain period of time and according to the research requirements.
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These numbers seems to low. 1L petrol makes 2.4 kg CO2 and considering the density it is 3.2 kg CO2/kg. http://ecoscore.be/en/info/ecoscore/co2
If we assume a total (quantitative) cumbustion it is easy to calculate the amount of produced CO2 based on equation of cumbustion reaction.
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