This graph shows Minnesota's climate today:
While this graph shows Missouri's:
Source: usclimatedata.com
Source: usclimatedata.com- Burning 1 gallon of gasoline releases 19.5 pounds of carbon dioxide into the air.
- The average American family uses 800 gallons of When burned, a gallon of gasoline produces 19.5 pounds of carbon dioxide.gasoline a year. That's over 8 tons of carbon dioxide per family per year.
- Nineteen gallons of gasoline can be produced from a single barrel of oil.
- Americans consume between 19 and 20 million barrels of oil per day.
- That means a staggering 3.6 million tons of carbon dioxide produced by burning gasolineevery day!
- Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that causes global climate change.
- In a few years, Minnesota's climate will be like that of Missouri's today.
