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Another
major sector contributing to GHG emissions is transportation, which
includes
road, rail, aviation and navigation. The total CO2 emissions from this
sector
in 1994 were 79,880 Gg. Among transport sub-sectors, road transport is
the main
source of CO2 emissions and accounted for nearly 90 per cent of the
total
transport sector emissions in 1994. Road transport is characterized by
heterogeneous gasoline-fuelled light vehicles and diesel-fuelled
heavier
vehicles. According to the survey by the Indian Market Research Bureau
on
behalf of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG, 1998), the
transport sector consumed nearly all (98.3 per cent) of gasoline in the
country The share of vehicle.(see the fig.) [i]
Diesel is consumed in both private and public modes of transport
(trucks,
buses, jeeps, cars/taxis, etc.), as well as in agriculture (tractors,
irrigation pumps, etc.). The all-India survey (MoPNG, 1998) indicated
that 61.8
per cent of the diesel sold through the network of retail outlets was
consumed
by road transport. Shares of different end-uses in diesel and gasoline
consumption are detailed in the figure. It shows that we use 23% of the
total
diesel in Agriculture, whereas Gasoline consumption in agriculture is
less than
1.7%.
Now you will think why I have an objection to the underestimation of
statistics
related to agriculture. It is because we should be aware about the
sectoral
contribution to GHG emission. Modern Industrial agriculture by its very
nature
makes large contribution to GHG emission and agricultural contribution
to GHG
emission will increase from 32%. There are two sources to Agricultural
contribution to GHG emission. One is directly through land use and
secondly by
various other indirect sources such as production of fertilizers,
transportation of agricultural goods, storing and packing of
agricultural
goods, cooking the food etc. It is therefore essential to understand
from the
point we sow the seed to the point the food reaches to our plate. The
end
numbers of process takes place and finally the food reaches to our
mouth (see
Section III, Food System Section).
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