Consider a carbon containing chemical that you use: natural gas (methane), or grill gas (propane), or lighter liquid (butane), or vehicle gas (octane). The list goes on and on and all you need to do is choose one. Consider a "full tank" of gas/liquid of your interest and determine approximately how many grams of the chemical there are. Write the balanced equation of the complete combustion reaction and stoichiometrically determine the amount in grams of CO₂ that is liberated to the atmosphere by the complete combustion of that "full tank" of gas. "Full tank" will need to be defined by you because all cars are different, all propane tanks are different, and all lighters are different, so be sure to define a specific quantity to correlate to "full tank".

Then, be sure to introduce nuclear energy (will be covered in depth in Module 13), wind energy, solar energy, hydropower, and fossil fuels. There is lots in the news all the time about fossil fuels and renewable energy, etc etc. Try to sift through the weeds a bit and give a clear definition, not opinion, of each of these types of energy. Then comes a little opinion question: do you think it is feasible to avoid fossil fuels 100%, or is our "human infrastructure" so vested in this form of energy that a cold-turkey-quit would ultimately do more harm than good?

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