Possible reduction of the carbon footprint from small water transport in the coastal zone of the city of Volgograd
Abstract
Possible reduction of the carbon footprint from small water transport in the coastal zone of the city of Volgograd
Incoming article date: 24.08.2021The article shows the predominant location of the city on the river, the modern development of transport navigation, including for local, suburban and intracity transportation, there has been an ever-increasing demand for individual water transport used to travel by water to places of rest. Bank protection and construction of a road in the right-bank zone of Volgograd will contribute to the development of the transport network and tourist infrastructure of the city. With the growth of the fleet of motor boats, which use mainly propeller motors to drive the propellers of river craft, the volume of fuel consumed also grows. The first "carbon footprint" on the water surface from motor boats appears at the stage of refueling the outboard motor. The second "carbon footprint" is associated with the design features of the propeller-driven boat motor of small river vessels, which release exhaust gas below the surface of the water. Therefore, ensuring the environmental safety of the coastal zone of the city is an urgent issue for research. The proposed possibility of reducing the carbon footprint when organizing a walking water route along the coast of the city through the use of an electric drive from renewable energy sources for small water transport will be a factor in the greening of the coastal zone, contributing to the revitalization of boat tourism and services for organizing active recreation of citizens and visiting guests.
Keywords: ecology, rocky road, small water transport, carbon footprint, renewable energy sources, electric drive of water transport.