Carbon Monoxide shows a very strong and tight-knit bond, as it shows to have a triple covalent bond, as compared to the Carbon Dioxide compound, that shows only a double covalent bond. Environmentally speaking though, carbon dioxide is horrible as its chemical reactions to our atmosphere traps radiation from the sun (this is also known as the greenhouse effect). If this is the case though, with how carbon dioxide shows off only a double bond, what more about Carbon Monoxide that sports a triple bond? Carbon Dioxide is easier to break apart (there used to be a natural solution to this that involved Trees and Plants) than Carbon Monoxide, thus problems involving air pollution because of this compound seem difficult to find a solution for. Simple examples that release carbon monoxide include water boilers we've become accustomed to, burning of fossil fuels that ends up becoming gasoline, and even using a stove.