Petroleum prices down.....

[k1jatrophaoils]

After going on incereasing the Price of Petroelum products since three years,The Min.of Petroleum for the first time have rolled down the Price of Diesel and Petrol marginally.
The consumers of Diesel,Petrol and LPG are no way a gainer considering the other expenses on the use of Petroleum.
There may not be any further reduction and at the same time further hikes in Petroleum is not ruled out.
This relief is a kind of discount to consumers who continue to patronise the ugly evil petroleum.
Bhadrinath.

[k1jatrophaoils]

Friends!

Union Govt is all set to reduce atleast Re1/liter Diesel and Rs2/liter petrol before Budget?

To encourage more sales I saw IOC retail outlets organising lottery or lucky draws and even offering compliments like pen to woo more customers!!!

Well!
The Ministry of Petroleum has time to do these sorts of magics but absolutely no time to allow a honest sale of Biodiesel in retail.
Bhadrinath.

[k1jatrophaoils]

Hello everybody!

The reduction of petroleum prices are down today

Petrol is cheaper by Rs2/liter.

Diesel cheaper by Re1ter.
We also expect some more reduction during Budget in case of any modifications in the Central excise duty on petrol and Diesel.

This sudden "U" turn by the Union Govt will certainly cut the growing wings of the Biodiesel Industry to great extent.

Bhadrinath.
Kill petroleum and not green fuels.

[Vinod Kumar]

Economic Times (19 Feb 2007) reports that the urban development ministry has proposed an urban transport cess on cars (5%) and two-wheelers (2%) to fund bus based public transport http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...ow/1635521.cms. While the cess could solve the problem of resource mobilization for public transport, it still does not provide enough disincentive against the cancerous growth of private vehicles that clog the roads.

A biodiesel cess should be levied on petrol and diesel to promote the biodiesel alternatives. The funds from the cess could be used for increasing the price offered for biodiesel from the piddly Rs 25 to Rs 40. Assuming that 20 % of the fuel requirements are met from renewable sources, this means that the cess on a litre of diesel or petrol should be around Rs 3/. Thus from 4 litres of diesel or petrol we get about Rs 12 that can be used to fund one litre of BD.

[k1jatrophaoils]

My feeling is!
The Union Govt. or the State Govts never bothered to capitalise the resources in the form of waste lands in this country.

There is no genuine support for this green fuel either in the country.
In fact,people are totally confused as if the price of Diesel will be more cheap than Biodiesel whenever there is a Price revision of Diesel.

There are two options!
1. Biodiesel Manufacturers should avoid supplying B100 to Oil Marketting companies or any other state owned companies including Railways.

2.The price of the Biodiesel be not less than Rs40/liter.

If the Union Govt. fails to address this issue honestly, the Bio Diesel community should get ready to launch a disciplined agitation.
To begin with!
I feel its time to target the Oil Marketting companies and their cacaus to stop installing any further Retail outlets and allowing the B100 retail outlets to take care the rest.

I also advice the Manufacturers of B100 to ignore the Tax structure in various states out right and that could be another weapon to stop any further erosion of Biodiesel sales in the Nation.

Bhadrinath.