`CO_2 " produced" = 22.38 "lb" / "gal"`

22.38

There is 22.38 pounds of CO₂ produced from burning one Gallon of Diesel Fuel.

The Math / Science

"The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimated1 that U.S. gasoline and diesel fuel consumption for transportation in 2013 generated 1,095 million metric tons of  CO₂ from gasoline and 427 million metric tons of CO2 from diesel fuel respectively, for a total of 1,522 million metric tons of CO₂.

This total was equivalent to 83% of total CO2 emissions by the U.S. transportation sector and 28% of total U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions."

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