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General Forum: Current 'Affairs' | | Congress-led UPA government hiked petrol prices again after seven months. Is hike a compulsion? | |
| There should be more R&D in areas like solar energy, battery operated vechiles,Vehicles that run on hydrogen.
Explore all those countries, who can supply oil & are close to India in distance,so we cut costs on transportation.
we have very good relations with some countries in Middle east, ex:Oman. Have an agreement with them. I understand venuzula is having very good reserve of oil and was interested in tapping Indian market, i dont know what is the latest on that.
Remove all the vehicles more than 15 years old after registration and sell them as scrap, they consume lot of fuel, as the person keep the vehicle switched on all the times, incase it is stopped, the vehicle may not start again.
Give cash incentives to Government departments both central and state, where the vehicle fuel cost are cut over a period of time, this will definetely save a lot of money for the government.
Cut the protocol vechiles by half at least for persons seeing off the head of the state and the country, while they leave abroad.
Posted by: DoBoy At: 26, Jun 2005 10:58:53 AM IST
Regarding the use of diesel ,there are alternatives like the use of LNG and bio diesel .
The cost of bio diesel is much more than the price of low sulphur diesel which is currently sold . plus ,the kcal per litre of bio diesel isnt the same as the KCAl of normal diesel sold in petrol pumps .
According to estimates ,the reserves of crude oil ,the whole word is estimated at 28 yrs and the gas reserve estimates are at 70 years approx .
78% of the worlds oil production is controlled by OPEC and only 10 % of the energy comes from crude imports .
coal reserves are estimated at 250 yrs .
given these figures ,lets take a logigal view point .
Alternative fuels ,like LNG for use in transpotation makes more sense given the estimated reserves . But ,the govt has to invest in LNG terminals in most of the cities in INdia ,and the Delhi transpoort has effectively made use of LNg by switching over from diesel .
If the price of diesel was to be increased by 1 re a litre ,just think of the utility services ,like generation of electricity ,railways ,ships ,who consume diesel the most .It would mean that the lower sections of the people ,even the middle class have to shell out more ,prices of almost every item would be hiked due to increase in cost of transportation .
secondly ,diesel is more efficient as a fuel than petrol as the kcal per litre of diesel is much more than petrol.
Lastly ,we have to find out ways to reduce wastages in the transportation ,distribution of petroleum ,products and utilites that use petrolum products .
The losses are at a whopping 40 % compared to losses of 8% max by the developed countires .
when out of every 1 re of petroleum product imported 40 paise goes into strage ,distribution loss ,isnt it logical to first try and find out ways to reduce these losses ?
Use of fuel cells ,electricity are at primitive stages and are not viable at the moment for use in transportation .
Hydrogen as a fuel isnt exploited as of yet ,and may be the govt can try and research on Hydrogen based power plants ,and also solar panels are too expensive for commercial use .
Wind is a cheap source of enery ,but the govt has to take poper steps to harness thi energy ,which is environmentally safe ,and dosent have any recurring costs as such
Posted by: Mr. Pit and the Pendulum At: 25, Jun 2005 10:19:29 PM IST
Russian reserves are good and the US has already planned and started buying russian crude .
Most probably reliance in the long run ,might have to import from Russia
Posted by: Mr. Pit and the Pendulum At: 25, Jun 2005 9:58:31 PM IST
make sure your cards are closed when you play hehe
Posted by: Mr. )++)(+)&*(( !%$RS£ At: 25, Jun 2005 7:30:09 PM IST
One idea is declare 5 day week both for private and public sector and also for the schools. I am sure,it will save a lot of petrol/diesel. Then may be the presumed amount of savings per day all over india should be reduced from the said hike. It will help both the government and public alike.
Posted by: DoBoy At: 25, Jun 2005 11:04:35 AM IST
We don't travel by public transport. We own our vehicles. It's extra burdon over the OIL Industry. Millions of two wheelers and four wheelers owned by private individuals too are the reason for the over consumption of oil products. If we travel by public transport and strengthen it, it's better for the India Economy. After all we spend maximum FOREX reservers over petroleum imports. We reduce it to at least ten per cent, the savings will be not the small amount.
Posted by: Mr. Vachaspathi V At: 25, Jun 2005 9:56:40 AM IST
bi.je.pi. paalanalO anta ekkuvagaa peragalEdu. ippuDu marI adhvaannamgaa perigipOtunnaayi
Posted by: Mr. HAYAGREEVA MURTY Rachuri At: 25, Jun 2005 8:56:03 AM IST
Which prices are under control for the past 50 years???????
Posted by: Mr. M Kumar N At: 24, Jun 2005 8:04:39 PM IST
Honestly speaking, the rate of petrol and diesel IS going up like one's age, it goes only one way and not the other, if there is any reduction, it is only temporary , like heroine's age, which goes down with every birthday, while actually it is going up. Sooner or later we will be touching the magic figure of Rs.100/- guys. Governments come and go, but really nobody has any control on this. I wish somebody like reliance or new company step in from the prviate and help government and people bail out of this situation, as it is going from bad to worse. I really dont know, why we cannot take russia's help in this matter, as we have very good relations with them.???any clues???
MORAL OF THE STORY:U WILL FIND MORE USERS USING KERSONE ADDED TO PETROL, AND SEE MORE OF WHITE SMOKE TO CUT COSTS (HYD.AUTOS)
Posted by: DoBoy At: 22, Jun 2005 6:37:32 PM IST
This is interesting .. nice to listen to both the sides .. keep going guys .. I'm listening to u keenly
Posted by: Malakpet Rowdy At: 22, Jun 2005 1:29:03 PM IST
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