Coal, Gasoline & Natural Gas Pollution  

The total output from all USA Coal fired power plants per year is close to 300,000 mega watts

1100 pounds of CO2 are put in our environment per mega watt hour

or a USA yearly total of  2,890,800,000,000 pounds or 1,445,400,000 tons of Co2

3.0 pounds of Nitrogen Oxides per megawatt hour = yearly  7,884,000,000 pounds or 3942000 tons of Nitrogen Oxides

8.3 pounds of Sulfur Dioxide per mega watt hour total yearly =  21,812,400,000 pounds or 1090620  tons

. A 1,000 MW coal-burning power plant could release as much as 5.2 tons/year of uranium

 (containing 74 pounds of uranium-235) and 12.8 tons/year of thorium.

Total coal-burning power plants in the USA produce 1,560 tons of a year of uranium

Total coal-burning power plants in the USA produce 22200 pounds of uranium-235

Total coal-burning power plants in the USA produce 3840 tons thorium

The radioactive emission from a coal power plant is 100 times greater than a comparable nuclear power plant with the

 same electrical output;.  All coal fired power plants put a total of 45.38 Tons of Mercury in our atmosphere yearly

In 2003, the Centers for Disease Control found that roughly 10 percent of American women carry mercury

concentrations at levels considered to put a fetus at risk for neurological damage.

Gasoline burned every year = 146 billion gallon's or 3212 billion pounds of CO2 pollution

Gasoline = 18 pounds of CO2 per gallon burned + 3 pounds per gallon for transporting the gasoline

Corn ethanol production makes 22 pounds of CO2 per every 1.3 gallons made.

To fill a SUV with ethanol requires 450 pounds of corn.

Cornell University studys show that it takes 1.3 gallons of oil to make a single gallon of ethanol. 

Why are we investing our nations money in a useless technology.

The United States use's 23 trillion cubic feet of natural gas every year.

That puts 2,576 billion pounds of CO2 yearly in to our air

1 cubic foot of natural gas = 1031 Btu's  and .112 lbs of carbon dioxide when burned

1 cubic foot of natural gas = .30216882 KWH

1,000 watts per hour or 1 KWH = 3413 Btu's per hour

1 kwh = 1.1 pounds of carbon dioxide put in our environment   

1100 pounds of CO2 are put in our environment per mega watt hour

3.0 pounds of Nitrogen Oxides per mega watt hour generated

8.3 pounds of Sulfur Dioxide per mega watt hour generated

 Click here to return to the ERC Main Home Page  = ERC Main Home Page