DavidLee
04-19-07, 08:12 AM
http://www.frederiksamuel.com/blog/images/wwf_blackcloud.jpg
Living Car Free - Picture of the Amount of Exhaust a Car puts out in a Day
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Artkansas
04-19-07, 12:14 PM
The pic didn't come out. But just the suggestion gave me a cool mental image. Put a balloon on an exhaust pipe and run it for the time of an average commute. I bet it would be a frighteningly large balloon.
I looked at the thread again and this time the pic did come out. Very cool.
I looked at the thread again and this time the pic did come out. Very cool.
Sir Lunch-a-lot
04-19-07, 02:32 PM
Wow... that is quite the image... How long was that car running for?
rodri9o
04-19-07, 09:25 PM
i really cannot imagine the car iddling very long to inflate that balloon...maybe 2 hours?
DavidLee
04-20-07, 09:31 AM
i really cannot imagine the car iddling very long to inflate that balloon...maybe 2 hours?
The title is off, it should have read "amount of Carbon Monoxide". My bad :p
The title is off, it should have read "amount of Carbon Monoxide". My bad :p
Philatio
04-20-07, 06:30 PM
The pic didn't come out. But just the suggestion gave me a cool mental image. Put a balloon on an exhaust pipe and run it for the time of an average commute. I bet it would be a frighteningly large balloon.
I looked at the thread again and this time the pic did come out. Very cool.
didn't work for me either. here's a link if this is happening to anyone else - http://www.frederiksamuel.com/blog/images/wwf_blackcloud.jpg
cool idea btw :)
I looked at the thread again and this time the pic did come out. Very cool.
didn't work for me either. here's a link if this is happening to anyone else - http://www.frederiksamuel.com/blog/images/wwf_blackcloud.jpg
cool idea btw :)
Dahon.Steve
04-20-07, 07:55 PM
It shouldn't surprise you because I've seen plenty of buses leave a cloud of smog that size during the winter.
Gurgus
04-20-07, 08:06 PM
I'm kinda curious as to what was done with the bag after this demo was done. I mean, did they just release all of that into the air? Isn't that called hipocracy?
Eco-warrior
04-26-07, 12:02 PM
+1 That's a great idea, wish I would have thought of that before I sold my car.
Cosmoline
04-26-07, 02:01 PM
So that's just the Carbon monoxide, right? I wonder how many people that much monoxide could kill.
goldener
04-26-07, 04:10 PM
wait this is flawed. at what pressure. ideal gas law any one? pv=nrt?
briank
04-29-07, 06:25 PM
WOw! Cool picture. Scary!! Well I am 65-70% truck free'er than I was last week. I bought a bike and can't keep off it. I am commuting now too via bike.
cerewa
05-02-07, 10:42 AM
So that's just the Carbon monoxide, right? I wonder how many people that much monoxide could kill.
I don't know whether it's representative of carbon monoxide put out by a car in a day or what, but the actual contents of the balloon were almost certainly not carbon monoxide. Most of what comes out the tailpipe of a car will be nitrogen, since that's most of what goes in the air intake. The vast majority that remains is going to be carbon dioxide (which people sometimes confuse with carbon monoxide), a gas that contributes to global warming but is about as poisonous as water.
A round trip car commute might actually put out that much carbon monoxide, though-- i don't think that a car could be driven any reasonable distance before filling up a balloon that size with air.
I don't know whether it's representative of carbon monoxide put out by a car in a day or what, but the actual contents of the balloon were almost certainly not carbon monoxide. Most of what comes out the tailpipe of a car will be nitrogen, since that's most of what goes in the air intake. The vast majority that remains is going to be carbon dioxide (which people sometimes confuse with carbon monoxide), a gas that contributes to global warming but is about as poisonous as water.
A round trip car commute might actually put out that much carbon monoxide, though-- i don't think that a car could be driven any reasonable distance before filling up a balloon that size with air.