Dream Car

mini project
Kimmy, Angelina, Tiffany, Isabella
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
01 02
Dream Car Essential Question

03 04
Calculations Conclusion
 Our dream car
❖ 1961 John Deere 8020 4WD ❖ Tesla, Model S, 2021
Tractor ❖ 112 MPG on highway
❖ 10 MPG on highway
Essential Question:

How do we determine if our

dream car is environmentally
friendly?
 Calculations

Combustion Gallons per Gallons to

of Octane Year milliliters

2-liter
Octane Mass Liters of CO2 bottles of
CO2
 Balancing the equation

Combustion of Octane

_C8H18 + _O2 → _CO2 + _H2O

C- 8 -16 C- 1 -16
H- 18 -36 H- 2 -36
O- 2 -50 O- 3 -50

2 C8H18 + 25 O2 → 16 CO2 + 18 H2O

 Number of gallons per year

Dream Car Other Car

15000 miles 1 gallon 15000 miles 1 gallon

10 miles 112 miles

= 1,500 gallons = 133.93 gallons

 Gallons to mL (1 gallon = 3785.4 mL)

Dream Car Other Car

1500 gallons 3785.4 mL 133.93 gallons 3785.4 mL

1 gallon 1 gallon

= 5,678,100 mL = 506,978.622 mL
 Mass of Octane

Dream Car Other Car

5678100 mL 0.703 g C8H18 506,978.622 0.703 g C8H18

mL

1 mL C8H18 1 mL C8H18

= 3,991,704.3 g C8H18 = 356,405.97 g C8H18

 Liters of CO2

Dream Car Other Car

3991704.3 g 1 mol C8H18 16 mol CO2 22.4 L CO2 356,405.97 g 1 mol C8H18 16 mol CO2 22.4 L CO2
C8H18 C8H18

114.232 g 2 mol C8H18 1 mol CO2 114.232 g 2 mol C8H18 1 mol CO2
C8H18 C8H18

= 6,261,935.452 L CO2 = 559,105.82 L CO2

 Number of 2-Liter CO2 Bottles

Dream Car Other Car

6261935.452 L 1 2-liter CO2 559,105.82 L 1 2-liter CO2

CO2 bottle CO2 bottle

2 L CO2 2 L CO2

= 3,130,968 2-liter CO2 bottles = 279,553 2-liter CO2 bottles

 Conclusion
Our dream car, the 1961 John Deere 8020
4WD Tractor, is not environmentally
friendly. Based on our calculations, the
number of 2 liter bottles needed to contain
all the CO2 produced from our dream car
would be 3,130,968 2 liter bottles while our
other car, the Tesla Model S, would require
279,553 2 liter bottles. In comparison, the
tractor requires more than 11 times the
amount of 2 liter bottles than that of the
Tesla Model S, which is considered a
relatively environmentally friendly car.
Thank you!