Chapter 2, Problem 51AP

A newspaper article about the danger of global warmingfrom the accumulation of greenhouse gases such as carbondioxide states that “reducing driving your car by 20 milesa week would prevent release of over 1000 pounds of ${\text{CO}}_{\text{2}}$ per year into the atmosphere.” Is this a reasonable statement?Assume that gasoline is octane (molecularFormula ${\text{C}}_{\text{8}}{\text{H}}_{\text{18}}$ ) and that it is burned completely to ${\text{CO}}_{\text{2}}$ and ${\text{H}}_{\text{2}}\text{O}$ in the engine of your car. Facts (or reasonable guesses)about your car’s gas mileage, the density of octane, andother factors will also be needed.