How does burning one gallon of gas (8.4lbs) produce 19.64lbs of CO2?

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I was curious about how much CO2 would I have to reclaim to offset my car and this number came up. A follow up question would be, how do I estimate how much carbon I need to reclaim for my vehicle?

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Because each carbon atom in the fuel combines with two oxygen atoms in the air during combustion. Oxygen id the missing link in your equation.

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