REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS: EMISSION QUOTAS OR MANDATORY CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES

Аннотация

It is argued that instead of imposing on each country internationally agreed quotas on Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
emission reductions, it would be easier to implement, enforce and verify, if each country mandates the installation of Best
Available Control Technology (BACT) for each significant industrial category. It is BACT that has to be agreed on by an
international convention, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). A possible BACT for coalfueled
power plants is the Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) cum Carbon Capture and Sequestration.
For transportation vehicles, there is no “add-on” technology that can capture CO₂ emissions. Here CO₂ emissions must
be limited by increased fuel mileage. There should be an internationally agreed maximum vehicle weight for passenger
cars, which the author suggests to be 1000 kg. Because BACT can be implemented only on new sources, there must be
an anti-grandfathering rule, e.g. all existing coal-fired power plants must be retired after their 35th year operating time; all
personal vehicles must be scrapped after their 10th year on the road