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zepelin
3 months ago
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A cement factory emits 900 kilograms of CO2 to produce 1,000 kilograms of cement. A fully grown tree removes six kilograms of CO

2 per day from the air. One acre of land can support 200 mature trees. A company builds a factory that will produce 100,000 kilograms of cement. To make the factory carbon neutral, the owners need to grow trees over an area of land measuring acres.
Physics
1 answer:
inna [3.1K]3 months ago
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Considering the factory is set to produce 100,000 kilograms of cement, and knowing that the conversion factor is 1000 kg of cement = 900 kg of CO2, the factory will emit 90,000 kg of CO2 concurrently. To compensate for the emissions, a single tree absorbs 6 kg of CO2 daily. By dividing 90,000 kg by 6 kg, we can determine that 15,000 trees are required to neutralize the emissions. Since one acre can accommodate 200 trees, we will need 75 acres of land to plant 15,000 trees.
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