1. A) How much diesel fuel (gallons) is required to move a unit train (100 cars) with 125 tons of freight per car from Salt Lake City to Denver (517 mi)?   b)The density of diesel fuel is 6.9 lb/gallon, how much CO2 is emitted by the train?       type of fuel Carbon content Cf t-CO2/t-Fuel Diesel/Gas Oil 0.875 3.206000

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1. A) How much diesel fuel (gallons) is required to move a unit train (100 cars) with 125 tons of freight per car from Salt Lake City to Denver (517 mi)?  

b)The density of diesel fuel is 6.9 lb/gallon, how much CO2 is emitted by the train?    

 

type of fuel Carbon content

Cf

t-CO2/t-Fuel

Diesel/Gas Oil 0.875 3.206000

 

 

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