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Emission - some numbers.


Percentage of Canada's greenhouse gas greenhouse gas
n.
Any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect.



greenhouse gas 
 emissions accounted for by carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. : 80%

Percentage of all greenhouse gases accounted for by transportation in general in Canada: 27%

Percentage this is expected to rise by about 2020: 40%

Number of times Canada's per capita [Latin, By the heads or polls.] A term used in the Descent and Distribution of the estate of one who dies without a will. It means to share and share alike according to the number of individuals.  greenhouse gas emissions is higher than the global average: three

Percentage of all greenhouse gas emissions produced in Canada in 1990 by the transportation, electric power, and utilities industries: 68%

Canadian per capita emissions of carbon dioxide per day in kilograms: 44

Number of tonnes of rubber particles <onlyinclude> This is a list of particles in particle physics, including currently known and hypothetical elementary particles, as well as the composite particles that can be built up from them.  thrown into the atmosphere by tire wear in Canada in 1990: 36,650

Amount of carbon dioxide produced by an average car in Canada in one year: five tonnes
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Title Annotation:Canadian greenhouse gas emissions statistics
Publication:Canada and the World Backgrounder
Date:Sep 1, 1998
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