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Impact of fuel consumption in the transportation sector on people, animals, and plant life in Kabul city  2020, 1 (1): 89-95  DOI 10.37357/1068/SODC2019.1.1.11


Shukria Faizi 
Department of Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kabul University

Najib Rahman Sabory 
Department of Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kabul University

Abdul Hamid Layan 
Department of Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kabul University

This research focused on fuel consumption and its dangerous emission and negative impact on people, animals, and plants’ life in Kabul city. This research is evaluated and described total fuel consumed by all vehicles as 2,306,481 m3/year, in a separate form: 911,542 m3/year petrol consumption and 1,394,939 m3/year diesel consumption. Also, the amount of pollution which is emitted from burning these fuel-based resources is 2,180,408 ton/year CO2, 46 ton/year NOX, 529 kg/year SOX from the total amount of petrol consumption, and 3,431,550 ton/year CO2, 642 kg/year from diesel consumption. It is suggested to use applicable technologies and approaches to reduce fuel consumption and air pollution such as reducing trips, using public transportation, walking down and using bicycles, using biodiesel, preferring multiple occupant vehicles, electrical bus infrastructure develop, and expanding the use of clean fuel vehicles, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).
 
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