Prospects for reducing CO2 emissions in the Russian transport and allied sectors

Fuel consumption for Russian transport, appropriate energy-saving measures; which also reduce CO2 emissions, emission estimates for other sectors are examined in three transport scenarios. The possibilities of using CO2 in chemical technologies and for enhancing oil recovery are also considered. Preliminary analyses have shown that the cost of different ways of abating CO2 emissions from energy systems varies from tens to even thousands of dollars per ton of carbon, depending on the area of application [1.2]. Therefore a simultaneous reduction of greenhouse gases, including CO2, and large-scale introduction of energy-saving technologies in all areas of energy demand and supply are not only compatible but also mutually accelerating processes. Waste gases from industry, electric power stations and transport are powerful contaminants of the atmosphere. In terms of the scale of their harmful effect on the atmosphere automobile exhaust gases occupy the first place.