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No more regular petrol in January

Published: 4 Oct 2012 at 16.17
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Retail outlets will continue selling regular petrol at pumps until the end of the year, giving Thai motorists a couple of extra months to prepare for the change, which is intended to promote greater use of ethanol-based fuels, Energy Minister Arak Chonlatanon said on Thursday.

Originally, petrol 91 was scheduled to be phased out in January this year, then it was postponed until October because local refineries were not ready for the change.

In October, a fire at the Bangkok refinery of Bangchak Petroleum Plc resulted in a supply shortage, he added.

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boons
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Discussion 9 : 05 Oct 2012 at 05.029
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Wasn't the administrtion's very first public hurdle that of food-price inflation? This policy will only add to the upward pressure on food prices.
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garabaldi
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Discussion 8 : 04 Oct 2012 at 18.138
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The evidence that gasohol is carcinogenic is increasing
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Discussion 7 : 04 Oct 2012 at 17.417
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And what about the poor people that only can afford to drive a motorcycle.
They then have to pay the higher price for 95-petrol.
This is how this gov, cares about the "real poor people".
And there are many in my heighbourhood.
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Discussion 6 : 04 Oct 2012 at 17.336
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Now just what am I plus the other near 20 million or so motorcycle owners supposed to do when our dealers and mechanics tell us that using gasohol 91 (E20?) or gasohol 95 (E10?)is potentially dangerous to the rubber gaskets in the carburetor causing them to soften, consequently leak and lead to fire?
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Discussion 5 : 04 Oct 2012 at 17.315
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they do not care about all of the cars that cannot use alcohol without damaging the fuel systems, or engine, such as older BMW motorcycles with titanium sodium cooled valves that alcohol will caused pitting. They own the companies that produce the alcohol to goes into gasohol. we need another shortage of sugar, similar to the shortage of veg oil that stopped the production of biodiesel, and a shortage of lpg and ngv, too
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Discussion 4 : 04 Oct 2012 at 17.214
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Maybe this is the intended method of disposal for all that rice the government has in storage; sell it as a precursor for ethanol. That's exactly what Brazil did this year with their surplus rice.
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Discussion 3 : 04 Oct 2012 at 16.433
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This is a disturbing we have a Toyota Prius and a motorbike both just 12 months old and doth tuned to 91.Can some one please explain why Thailand is forging forward with this scheme .Unleaded I understand and I naturally assumed that is what we were using both being new vehicles.
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Discussion 2 : 04 Oct 2012 at 16.352
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won't happen
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Discussion 1 : 04 Oct 2012 at 16.341
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Great, higher fuel consumption equals higher cost for Somchai and Somying and me. Thanks Yingluk
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