2 More everyday items that are heating up our climate

As I continue my research, i find out more small things that we didn't really pay attention to but are also ruining the atmosphere in a big way.


1. lighters.

A typical lighter releases about 237 milligrams of carbon dioxide per minute. A typical power plant produces 12,200 kilograms of CO2 in the sam period. The only byproducts of burning the butane from our lighters are water and carbon dioxide, so it is not a pollution to the atmosphere, but just think about how often people use lighters, there are still a large amount of greenhouse gas being emitted.

Not to mention the plastic used to make these lighters is really harmful to the environment. so instead of buying disposable ones perhaps it would be a good option to switch to refillable metal ones.

2. Personal Generators 

engineers have found that firing up diesel backup generators in non-emergency situations triggers rising atmospheric ozone concentrations due to additional nitrogen oxide emissions, another contributor to the lower atmospheric o-zone. Scientist are calling for having diesel generators properly sited with state-of-the-art control technologies to lower nitrogen oxide emissions. Because when people experience power shortage, especially during summer, they tend to turn on their personal diesel generators, resulting high temperature, high electricity demand, high electricity prices, and high pollution levels during those periods.

http://phys.org/news/2015-01-relieve-power-grid-worsen-ozone.html