Curious if you guys managed to catch this sa news.
Personally for me, the DOE directive is dumb.
Returning Euro 2 violates the clean air act and basically throws all emission standards out the window.
Second, if you read the article, the savings is only about 0.30php per liter.
Compare that to the better savings or option as proposed by the IPPs to suspend requirement to blend 10% ethanol into our fuels.
DOE, petro firms disagree on Euro 2 diesel fuel revival | BusinessMirror
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From the article:
Instead of reintroducing Euro 2 diesel, which may not be made available due to logistical concerns and minimal price reduction, IPPCA suggested the suspension of the implementation of the Biofuels law.
“This will be more effective, particularly the 10-percent ethanol blend on gasoline. With the Euro 4 standard already in effect, which is 10 times cleaner than Euro 2 standard, the use of ethanol and even biodiesel is no longer needed in achieving cleaner emissions from both gasoline and diesel,” Suntay said.
Recent spikes and scarcity of table sugar can also be traced to the use of the same raw materials. “Sugar cane in ethanol production, which is given higher priority due to its mandatory blending to 10 percent of all gasoline products, commanding higher prices, but more expensive by as much as P4 for locally produced ethanol versus price of imported gasoline,” he added.
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Personally for me, the DOE directive is dumb.
Returning Euro 2 violates the clean air act and basically throws all emission standards out the window.
Second, if you read the article, the savings is only about 0.30php per liter.
Compare that to the better savings or option as proposed by the IPPs to suspend requirement to blend 10% ethanol into our fuels.
DOE, petro firms disagree on Euro 2 diesel fuel revival | BusinessMirror
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From the article:
Instead of reintroducing Euro 2 diesel, which may not be made available due to logistical concerns and minimal price reduction, IPPCA suggested the suspension of the implementation of the Biofuels law.
“This will be more effective, particularly the 10-percent ethanol blend on gasoline. With the Euro 4 standard already in effect, which is 10 times cleaner than Euro 2 standard, the use of ethanol and even biodiesel is no longer needed in achieving cleaner emissions from both gasoline and diesel,” Suntay said.
Recent spikes and scarcity of table sugar can also be traced to the use of the same raw materials. “Sugar cane in ethanol production, which is given higher priority due to its mandatory blending to 10 percent of all gasoline products, commanding higher prices, but more expensive by as much as P4 for locally produced ethanol versus price of imported gasoline,” he added.
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