global warming

EGEE 102 – Energy Conservation
And Environmental Protection


Global Warming

,EGEE 102 - Pisupati 2

, Greenhouse Gases
• Carbon dioxide
• combustion of solid waste, fossil fuels (oil, natural
gas, and coal), and wood and wood products
• Methane :
• production and transport of coal, natural gas, and oil.
Methane emissions also result from the
decomposition of organic wastes in municipal solid
waste landfills, and the raising of livestock.
• Nitrous oxide
• agricultural and industrial activities, as well as
during combustion of solid waste and fossil fuels.
• hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons
(PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6),
• industrial
Source: processes.
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/emissions/index.html
EGEE 102 - Pisupati 3