Chapter 3, Problem 152AP

Carbon dioxide $\left({\text{CO}}_{\text{2}}\right)$ is the gas that is mainly responsible for global warming (the greenhouse effect). The burning of fossil fuels is a major cause of the increased concentration of ${\text{CO}}_{\text{2}}$ in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is also the end product of metabolism (see Sample Problem 3.4). Using glucose as an example of food, calculate the annual human production of CO₂ in grams, assuming that each person consumes $\text{5}\text{.0 }\times {\text{ 10}}^{\text{2}}$ g of glucose per day, that the world’s population is 6.5 billion, and that there are 365 days in a year.