Module 7: Combustion and Environment
  Lecture 37: Major Sources of CO Emission
 


Major Sources of CO Emission

Source category

Emissions (Millions tons per year)

%

Gasoline motor vehicles

95.8

36.69

Diesel, aircraft, trains, vessels

5.6

2.14

Off-highway vehicles

9.5

3.64

Coal

0.5

0.19

Fuel oil

0.1

0.038

Natural gas

0.1

0.038

Wood

0.1

0.038

Total stationary sources

0.8

0.30

Total fuel combustion

111.7

42.78

Industrial processes

11.4

4.36

Agricultural burning

13.8

5.28

Solid waste disposal

7.2

2.75

Miscellaneous

4.5

1.72

Total

261.1

100.0