Combustion Reaction Essay

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A combustion reaction (also known as burning) is an exothermic reaction in which something reacts with oxygen. Combustion reactions are known to be one of the most common types of reactions, they don’t need a lot to happen, there only needs to be an excess amount of oxygen, and with the excess amount, the combustion is called a complete combustion reaction. But with a little amount, the reaction is called an incomplete combustion reaction. The products in a complete combustion reaction are water and carbon dioxide. (John T. ,Oct 31 2016) However heat is the most important and useful product of most combustion reactions. In a complete combustion, carbon dioxide is produced as a product, which is dangerous and unneeded. The three fuels I will …show more content…
(Union of Concerned Scientists).

One huge bummer about diesel is that it's known to give off more smoke and more carbon dioxide that those cars with normal engines do. The smell from the smoke of the diesel doesn’t smell pleasant, this showing an issue in ethics, and social issues. As it affects the air making it smell worse affecting people (lung cancer could happen), and it's not ethical because it isn’t acceptable for all cars to start using diesel engines as it could affect the people decreasing the amount of pedestrians on the side walk and etc…, so every fuel has its good and bad. But can we over beat the bad with the good?

Yes we sure can. There are many ways in which you can help decrease the amount of greenhouse gases in the air. And since greenhouse gases are increasing and increasing; I suggest you do something to help the society and the people. And you don’t have to do much! You can easily plant a tree! Since trees take in Carbon
Dioxide and give out Oxygen. Use less electricity and turn the light bulb off when not used. Walk! Carpool use less fuels and cars! Depend on nature, if people back then lived without electricity, can't we live without electricity? Yes. We can. We

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