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Author:  edders23 [ Wed Mar 04, 2020 7:04 am ]
Post subject:  "Greener" petrol at UK pumps

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51731757



A more eco-friendly petrol could be introduced to garages in the UK from next year.

The government is consulting on making E10 - which contains less carbon and more ethanol than fuels currently on sale - the new standard petrol grade.

The move could cut CO2 emissions from transport by 750,000 tonnes per year, the Department for Transport said.

However, the lower carbon fuel would not be compatible with some older vehicles.
Current petrol grades in the UK - known as E5 - contain up to 5% bioethanol.

E10 would see this percentage increased up to 10% - a proportion that would bring the UK in line with countries such as Belgium, Finland, France and Germany.


so lower miles per gallon and more imports of grain to refine into the ethanol :sad: :roll: or just buy in us corn ethanol at great cost this will add probably 2 to 3 pence per gallon to you fuel bill and although they say modern cars can cope with up to 15 percent ethanol it is not necessarily un-harmful to your fuel system and engine

oh and just because it is sourced from crops the co2 is still being put back in the air so it isn't really cutting it :roll:

Author:  grandad [ Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:12 am ]
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2-3 pence per gallon??? That is hardly going to change much. That is less than 1 pence per litre.

Author:  edders23 [ Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:33 am ]
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it will still be an increase

Author:  StuartW [ Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:58 pm ]
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Could see a big hike in fuel duty coming soon anyway, particularly with fuel prices so low - Shell diesel 119.9p in Dundee the other night =D>

Author:  Sussex [ Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:32 pm ]
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StuartW wrote:
Could see a big hike in fuel duty coming soon anyway, particularly with fuel prices so low - Shell diesel 119.9p in Dundee the other night =D>

Beginning of January Brent Crude was about $68 a barrel, it's now just over $50.

I can see it going down further as the world is coming to a halt for the next few months.

Author:  rayggb [ Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:30 pm ]
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And 90p a litre in Tenerife!

Author:  edders23 [ Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:10 am ]
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there is a huge glut of Gas and oil in the fracking zones in the US they basically rushed to expand production without thinking about whether there was a market now they are having to dump it on world markets cheap to get rid of it as they haven't the storage

Author:  Nidge2 [ Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:26 am ]
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More CO2 being pumped into the atmosphere what with this and the sale of electric cars being Lady of the Night like no one's business. It's all about the money.

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