There is a press conference happening today on E20 b mly the expert group on behalf of the petroleum ministry.
I'm sure they won't be taking any questions. They will speak the same mumbo-jumbo : it's safe, energy security, lower crude import, more income to farmers, oil lobby, foreign hand blah blah and leave.
Even if they take question, no journalist will be smart enough to ask the real questions:
1. Why rolled out E20 when most of the vechiles weren't compliant.
2. Who will be responsible for wear and tear of non compliant cars. You'll say there are no reports world over for damage but that's because nowhere in the world have they introduced E20 without making sure that older vehicles have phased out and even then they kept the option of pure petrol for those few left with older cars. Ethanol corrodes non compliant cars. It's a known scientific fact. Why else would there is complaint cars if non compliant cars were as safe?
3. It was told ethanol blended fuel will be cheaper but it's costly than even erstwhile pure petrol because of mileage drop. People are buying more fuel for same useage.
Hardeep Puri said that ethanol is used in racing cars as well to defend his stand on E20. This is the Petroleum Minister's understanding of the issue. What can one even say to that!
First, race cars are specifically engineered to run on ethanol; therefore, it does not harm them. This is not the same as forcing E20 into regular cars that are not engineered to handle it. In non-compliant vehicles, ethanol will aggressively degrade standard rubber gaskets, plastic parts, and aluminum components over time.
Second, a racing engine is built to survive for only a few hundred miles before being stripped down and rebuilt by professional mechanics, who easily manage any fuel-induced wear. An average citizen, however, needs their car to last for over a decade. Running non-compliant engines on E20 will certainly not help achieve that.
Third, race teams use ethanol solely for a performance boost due to its high octane rating, not for fuel economy. For regular people, however, fuel economy matters immensely.
Sudhir Chaudhary:
🗣️ “Innocent Hindus were killed in Pahalgam because of their religion.
— Where were these SIGNATORIES then?
Why was there no joint letter condemning that attack?
This ‘Aman Ki Asha’ lobby runs a shop in the name of peace.
Pakistan knows normalization makes it easier to push TERRORISTS, so why are some in India lobbying for it?
This has gone on for years. India’s position is unambiguous:
Stop cross-border terror first, only then can there be any meaningful TALKS."
Bharat's national broadcaster takes a stand on this peace nonsense🇮🇳🔥
People get fined for overspeeding, wrong parking, no seatbelt and many other violations.
But no government official is ever punished for robbing citizens of their basic dignity on the road.
What exactly is an E20-compliant vehicle? By definition, it's a vehicle engineered to safely and reliably run on E20 fuel. That also implies a non-E20-compliant vehicle is not designed for E20. Otherwise, the term "compliant" becomes meaningless.
So my question to Mr. @nitin_gadkari is simple: Why was E20 fuel rolled out nationwide when most vehicles on Indian roads were not E20-compliant?
If the answer is, "Nothing happens. Non-compliant vehicles can also run on E20," then what was the rationale behind mandating manufacturers to produce E20-compliant vehicles in the first place? Either E20 compatibility is technically necessary, in which case introducing E20 before the vehicle fleet was ready was questionable. Or it isn't necessary, in which case the compliance requirement itself appears redundant.
You can't simultaneously argue that E20 compliance is important enough to mandate for new vehicles, yet claim it doesn't matter because older, non-compliant vehicles can run on E20 anyway.
By the same logic, why stop at E20? Why not go full aatm-nirbhar and switch directly to E100? If compatibility doesn't matter, then non-E100-compliant vehicles should run on E100 too. Clearly, that's not how engineering works. So where exactly is the technical justification?
क्यों पीछे पड़े हो भाई? वर्षा काल में ये सब तो होता रहता है। इसमें गडकरी जी की क्या गलती है? हाँ इसके कोलतार में इथेनॉल की मात्रा कम हो तो बताओ, उसमें ब्लैंडिंग करवा देंगे।
सड़क, पुल, फ्लाइओवर आदि के टूटने का तो अभी मौसम आया ही है। और मौसम तो प्राकृतिक होता है।
श्री @nitin_gadkari जी और @NHAI_Official
अपने नए बने वर्ल्ड क्लास देहरादून एक्सप्रेसवे में बारिश के बाद गड्डा हो गया है-
सौभाग्य से किसी जान माल का नुक़सान नहीं हुआ है - आपको तत्काल इस मामले का संज्ञान लेकर इसको रिपेयर करवाना चाहिए और आगे से सुनिश्चित करना चाहिए कि बारिश में ऐसे पॉइंट्स की और अधिक निगरानी हो।
ये अपना तरीका है, आप बताइए ऐसे मुद्दों पर आपका क्या तरीका है??
Two Tomahawk missiles, reportedly fired from George Soros's Bedford residence in New York, in a bid to sabotage Shri Nitin Gadkari's infrastructure work, hit the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway this morning. Thankfully, no lives were lost.
Your vehicle is not the "Baap Ki Sampati" of the government to Experiment on it with Ethanol 20!
Stop the Ethanol blending policy Scam!
#EthanolScam Nitin Gadkari ji BETA BADHAO YOJNA Supreme Court of India
Vehicle buyers pay huge upfront taxes, fees, and cesses. In return, they deserve the basic right to buy the exact fuel their vehicle engines were designed to run on.
If the govt wanted to "experiment" with E20 fuel, they should have done it responsibly by either buying a sample fleet of second-hand cars to test in a controlled settings or invite willing citizens to opt-in using subsidized fuel.
Forcing a mandatory policy onto everyone first and checking if it damages their engines later is outrageous. Treating the entire public as involuntary test subjects is a massive overreach.
Centre to Supreme Court: E20 ethanol blending is still an experimental initiative, with comprehensive results and impact assessment expected next year.
@nitin_gadkari ji experimenting on people's hard-earned money by screwing up their bikes and Cars
What should be done in Labs
आपका एक शेयर इस अवैध मस्जिद को ध्वस्त कर सकता है।
आदरणीय मुख्य्मंत्री @myogiadityanath जी,
इस जि हादी अतिक्रमण को तुरंत ध्वस्त करवाएं, दोषियों पर सख्त कार्रवाई हो। भविष्य में बड़ी समस्या बन सकती है।
हरियाणा - गुड़गांव के साइबर हब में फ़ौज से रिटायर्ड मेजर ने ट्रैफिक पुलिस पर आरोप लगाए हैं। पुलिस ने शराब पीने की चेकिंग के दौरान इस्तेमाल की हुई पाइप मुँह में डाल दी। पहली जांच में 91 MG और नई पाइप से 13 MG रीडिंग आने का आरोप।
मेजर साहब पत्नी और 2 बच्चों के साथ जा रहे थे। गुरुग्राम पुलिस के ट्रैफिक इंस्पेक्टर पर अभद्रता का भी आरोप है। 112 पर कॉल करने के बाद रैफिक पुलिस भाग निकली है। मेजर साहब पूर्व में कारगिल और कश्मीर में सेवा दे चुके हैं।