How Do We Pinoys Like Our Diesel?

[leonleon]

Clean but expensive, or dirty but cheap?

This news article from "Malaya" newspaper (Shipping Section, Dec. 29, 2008) confirms that we've got the dirtiest of them all in the Southeast Asian region.

[Gerbo]

The only thing that would keep these gas companies to toe the line in producing clean diesels is by legislation.

But I really doubt our Congress with full of "honorable gentlemen" can keep off the lobby this companies would put forth. These people, through track record, cannot resists...

[dadz]

I agree kasi just yesterday im talking to one pinoy na kadadating lang dito nag taka siya kasi yung truck ko is 49K na ang reading but no smoke at all but rev it to the redline me smoke but still not full black malabo ang smoke and very little. Siya daw ka bibili nya palang nag truck nya me usok na, come to think of it even my old truck's diyan sa atin talagang me usok konti man o malala. Dito very minimal ang diesel na ma usok kasi madaming type nag diesel dito we pure diesel, 3% bio, 5% bio, low quality diesel at special diesel yun nga lang mas mahal kesa sa unleaded.

[willvill]

I've read that to further refine our diesel from 500 ppm to 50 ppm sulfur content would entail more costs thus diesel could be priced higher than gasoline just like in Europe where diesel has a higher price than gasoline.

But our environment would have less pollution.

[XTO]

IMO our refineries here are still using the old school diesel engine as their basis meaning pwede na yan, pwede na 'to. that's why personally, shifting to more delicate common rails type might not be a better option.

[ghosthunter]

so has the anti-smoke belching campaigns where the MMDA and other enforcement agencies has been screwing with us because the real culprit of the smoky exhausts is the dirty diesel we get from the fuel pumps?