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Calculated GHG emission is inconsistent with calculated CO2 emission #117
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GHG emissions should be always larger than CO2 emissions, because GHG includes CO2 and other gases. This indicates that there might be bugs in the calculation of GHG emission. |
@PrateekGupta1509 , could you have a look on this issue? |
Ok! |
Hi @ceilican! Sorry for the late communication, I had exams and my fest coming up so wasn't really active for a while.
So I think it might be better to make this change as a more standard approach. Let me know your take on this so I can make the required change. |
Hi @PrateekGupta1509 ! I agree with you. Feel free to proceed. |
Hi @ceilican I found an archived version of the website we used as the source, and it clearly shows GHG emission in CO2e being less than the CO2 produced on combustion. |
Hi @PrateekGupta1509 ! That table shows CO2 emissions on combustion and life-cycle GHG emissions (measured in CO2e). Life-cycle emissions also take into account the emissions during production and transportation of the fuel, whereas on combustion emissions take only the emissions generated when the fuel is burned in the engine. For bio-fuels (like ethanol), the life-cycle emissions can be smaller than the emissions on combustion, because the production of bio-fuels absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere (e.g. in Brazil, ethanol is produced from sugar cane, and sugar cane absorbs CO2 when it grows). For fossil fuels (e.g. gasoline), the life-cycle emissions will always be greater than the emissions on combustion. So:
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Fixed in #126 . |
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