We are participating in the Cities Environment Reports on the Internet network   State of the Environment in Tashkent 2001 Home Page   |  About city  |   About this report  |   The CEROI network  |   Illustrations  |   Search   |   Feedback   |   Links  |   Map                                                                     Chapter Navigation     Introduction   State   Pressure      the stationary sources       the automobile transport   Impact   Response      the stationary sources      the automobile transport  Indicators    In this report     Diagrams data source: The data reported National Holding Company “Uzbekneftegas”   Air quality    What is causing the problems   The Automobile transport. The automobile transport is the main source of the atmospheric air pollution in Tashkent city, where the 1/5 part of all automobiles of the country is concentrated. In connection with the automobiles quantity growth, the emissions from autotransport during the period from 1996 till 1999 have increased from 103, 6 thousands tons to 213,2 thousands tons, or on 106%. This portion in total emission has increased from 87,3% to 94,4%. The emission from autotransport is determined by calculation methods on the qantity of utilized fuel; in 1999  they were in 16,8 times higher than the emission from stationary sources. By the reason of that the  gasoline with ethyl is used as automobile fuel, automobiles are not supplied by neutralizators of exhaust gases, because the gasoline contains lead, which distorts, the neutralizators. The quantity of sulphur in diesel fuel till year 2000 was equal to 1,2%.