For vegetable products, energy use often is the dominant contribution of carbon dioxide emissions, but nitrous
oxide emissions related to nitrogen application and fabrication also may be significant.
Not exact matches
Most farm -
related emissions come in the form of methane (cattle belching) and nitrous
oxide (from fertilizers and the like).
The traffic -
related nitrogen
oxide emissions in the Federal Republic of Germany have fallen sharply since the introduction of the
emission limitation for road traffic in 1960 up until today and a further reduction by a total of 86 % in maximum
emissions is expected in the future as well [58].
In 2015, the last year for which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published comprehensive inventory numbers, energy -
related CO2
emissions accounted for 77 % of gross US GHG
emissions, with the remainder coming from direct CO2 emitted in industrial processes as well
emissions of methane, nitrous
oxide, and other greenhouse gasses.