Saturday, November 19, 2011

CARBON FOOTPRINT OF TRANSPORTATION IN INDIA



- Draft - 
A comparative study on the CO2 emissions between air travel and railways within the major metros of India




Table 2 Distance Travelled and Carbon Dioxide emissions by Air-travel, Railways and Car journey between the various metros of India

No
FROM
TO
Air travel
Train
Car
Distance travelled in km
CO2 emissions in kg
Distance travelled in km
CO2 emissions in kg
Distance travelled in km
CO2 emissions in kg
1
BLR
AMD
1240
427.11
1573
18.08
1495
63.54
2
BLR
CCU
1572
541.75
1940
22.30
1881
79.94
3
BLR
HYD
483
166.44
610
7.01
562
23.89
4
BOM
AMD
444
217.90
443
5.09
545
23.16
5
BOM
BLR
847
291.54
1120
12.87
998
42.42
6
BOM
CCU
1664
496.74
1951
22.43
1987
84.45
7
BOM
COK
1063
365.94
1544
17.75
1384
58.82
8
BOM
HYD
622
214.38
773
8.89
711
30.22
9
BOM
MAA
1033
356.02
1279
14.70
1329
56.48
10
CCU
AMD
1619
483.36
2081
23.92
1924
81.77
11
COK
AMD
1491
513.64
2054
23.61
1881
79.94
12
COK
BLR
339
166.17
583
6.70
533
22.65
13
COK
CCU
1889
564.08
2289
26.31
2360
100.30
14
COK
HYD
817
281.62
1345
15.46
1095
46.54
15
DEL
AMD
757
260.68
929
10.68
915
38.89
16
DEL
BLR
1734
517.75
2276
26.16
2061
87.59
17
DEL
BOM
1138
391.84
1366
15.70
1407
59.80
18
DEL
CCU
1311
451.36
1432
16.46
1461
62.09
19
DEL
COK
2048
611.37
2806
32.25
2594
110.25
20
DEL
HYD
1266
435.93
1660
19.08
1499
63.71
21
DEL
MAA
1759
524.92
2176
25.01
2095
89.04
22
HYD
AMD
886
305.32
1231
14.15
1208
51.34
23
HYD
CCU
1207
415.54
1545
17.76
1516
64.43
24
MAA
AMD
1374
473.41
1893
21.76
1826
77.61
25
MAA
BLR
279
136.38
341
3.92
331
14.07
26
MAA
CCU
1384
476.71
1659
19.07
1676
71.23
27
MAA
COK
519
178.56
687
7.90
684
29.07
28
MAA
HYD
508
175.25
715
8.22
688
29.24

*Air travel emissions per passenger* 
= (.1098kg/KM/passenger x 2048km) x 2.7(uplift factor)
=* 611.37 kg* per person for entire trip
*Train travel emissions per passenger* 
(30.25 KWh / KM x 2806 km) / 2000 passengers = 42.44 KWh 
42.44 KWh x 0.76 KG CO2 per unit of Diesel 
 = *32.25 Kg* per person for entire trip 
*Car travel emissions per passenger* 
0.17 KG / Km x 2594 km = 440.98 kg for 4 passengers 
 440.98 / 4 = *110.24 Kg* per person for entire trip