Burning fossil fuels - environmental effects
Outline
1. Origin of fossil fuels
2. CO2 emissions
3. SO2 emissions
4. NO2 emissions
5. Personal opinion
Fossil fuels
Carbon (C) Hydrogen (H2)Nitrogen (N2)Oxygen (O2)Sulfur (S)
83 - 87%10 - 14%0,1 - 2%0,1 - 1,5%0,5 - 6%
Main combustion product: CO2
Example: mineral oil
CO2 emissions
Greenhouse effect
SO2 emissions
Germany
Energy productions
Households and small consumers
Industrial processes
Processing industry
Military and other small resources
Waste and efluent
Traffic
Fugitive emissions from combustible material
West Germany
East Germany
Europe-wide coming into effect from Helsinki-protocolls to sulfur dioxide-reductions
West Germany
East Germany
SO2-emissions by category
NOx emission
energy business
Acid rain• Characteristic
Low pH rain with 50 times higher acidity than normal
• CauseSO2 and NOx air pollution
• ResultForest dieback
Personal opinion