"Hey look , that kettle over there (the one with the rapeseed oil residue in the bottom of it) is black!!"
----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@egroups.com> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 5:37 PM Subject: [biofuel] BP says govts put fuel revenues over environment > But BP would NEVER do a thing like that, of course! :-) > > Keith > > > http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=9569 > > Planet Ark > BP says govts put fuel revenues over environment > > UK: January 19, 2001 > > LONDON - BP Amoco , one of Europe's largest fuel retailers, said on > Thursday government fuel taxation policies are driven more by > financial income than green ideals. > > "We have observed that governments are apparently more driven by > revenue than enviromental objectives when setting the level of fuel > duties," the company said in a written report to a the UK > Parliament's Enviromental Audit Select Committee. > > "We have also questioned the environmental efficacy of motor fuel > taxes, mainly because they have so little effect on consumer > behaviour," the report, submitted by BP Oil UK director John Mumford, > said. > > In a society reliant on road transport, motorists can do little to > avoid petrol consumption, whatever the price, the report said. > > "The lack of alternatives and the importance of the motor car in > modern life has left consumers with little option but to pay whatever > tax is levied by the government," it said. > > Excise duty and value added tax, which account for three-quarters of > the pump fuel prices in Britain, were the main focus of the protests > last September that threatened to bring the country to a standstill. > > BP emphasised it was not against fuel levies in principle, however. > > "We do support the use of duty incentives as a means of encouraging > the uptake of cleaner fuels by the general public when they are > introduced," it said in its submission. > > Asked by the select committee if the production of BP's Cleaner > Unleaded product, launched last year to replace normal unleaded fuel, > used a disproportionate amount of energy reducing fuel emissions, > Mumford said: > > "There is some energy used reducing emissions, but it is to some > extent counter-balanced by the low emissions. > > "In the short-term, it doesn't balance out." > > He added that continued developments would make the process more > energy-efficient in the longer run. > > Cleaner Unleaded is an Ultra Low Sulphur Petrol (ULSP) and is > currently available on only 60 percent of BP's forecourts nationwide. > > Wider national coverage for the product, which has 66 percent less > sulphur than ordinary unleaded petrol and thus reduces vehicle > emissions, is intended for April this year, Mumford said. > > "What we are aiming for is that everyone can find it near them. That > doesn't mean every pump in every station," he said. > > Story by Damian Reilly > > REUTERS NEWS SERVICE > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
