{"id":8710,"date":"2012-03-24T12:59:36","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T12:59:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-03-24T12:59:36","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T12:59:36","slug":"carbon-dioxide(co2)-emission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=8710&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Carbon Dioxide(CO2) Emission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Side effects of CO2<\/span><\/p>\n

Carbon Dioxide is the main reason for global warming. It is released from the burning of oil, coal and natural gas and these are the main sources for its presence in the air. In the alst 50 years its concentration has increased continuously all over the world by an average of 3%\/year. After it is released in the atmosphere it stays there for about 100-200 years. This causes increased concentration which in turn causes an increase of the temperatures in Earth.<\/p>\n

Recent sutdies have shown that there could be catastrophic changes in the environment if the global temperatures increase by more than 2 celsius grade. This will eventually occur if the CO2 concentration reaches 450 ppm (parts per million). This will happen within 20-30 years if the concentration of CO2 is to be increased at present levels.<\/p>\n

This is the reason why the developed countries have started to take measures to decrease the CO2 emmission. In 2005, CO2 per capita was at about 4 tons\/year, whereas the commitment is in place to bring this number down to 2 tons\/year by 2050.
 
Sources of CO2<\/span><\/p>\n

Main sources of  CO2 are transportation, production of electricity and industry. Emmission from automobiles has become a problem worldwide since it has surpassed even the emmission from industrial sources. Not less concerning is the emmission as a result of electricity production.
 
Emmission of CO2 in Albania<\/span><\/p>\n

Use of vehicles is the main cause for CO2 emmission in our country. A big contributor is however teh burning of waste near urban areas, cement production industry, oil raffineries, chromium industry, etc.
 

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