Many are asking me to comment on the E-20 debate going on. So let me make my comments and also predict that E-20 fuel is here to stay and will become mainstream in the long term.
But, as usual, I am of the opinion the GoI should stop imposing and mandating this forcefully. The adoption must be left to states and consumers for now. Those who want and have the right vehicles, let them use it.
At least incentivize the use for now by giving great discounts on the fuel. If even that's not done, then of course the public will feel like they are being given a bad deal by GoI.
The perception must also be better managed by GoI using proper tests, research, and scientific reports done by third parties which are widely publicized as E-20 is given more time for the public to adopt.
The anti-E20 propaganda by certain groups for strategic and political reasons should be better managed dispelling some of the myths they have managed to spread using issues faced by the public.
And the issues from E-20 fuel, like lower mileage and corrosion on vehicles, especially the older ones, are real. Simply denying these is not going to help anything and only create more anti-Govt sentiment.
At the same time, E-20 saves lakhs of crores in a year in Forex, provides farmer support in lakhs of crores, reduces CO2 emissions, and strategically helps India reduce import dependence and cushion oil price volatility.
Also, Ethanol is a good anti-knock agent. It improves combustion efficiency and knock resistance. Again only if the engines are optimized for the fuel. Which may become the case all over India in another decade. So that's why I believe E-20 is here to stay in the long term.
So until then, imo, the GoI mandating E20 and forcing it can cause backlash, give ammo to adversarial narrative, and create a hasty withdrawal of all E20 one day costing India a lot. And helping adversaries get their way in keeping India reliant on higher imports.
Having said all the above, I believe the GoI thinks giving choice will delay the scale up of blending infra and wide scale adoption. Hence the GoI believes it can take the backlash for now but still force the change.
I don't know, given the history of poor perception management by GoI, this may only backfire and help India's adversaries use it to fuel dissent and disillusionment against the govt.
I’m hoping WWE takes the Roman vs. Punk approach with this.
Clean match.
No Bloodline.
No Zilla Fatu.
No Manu.
Just let them have the classic they deserve.
A main event 14 years in the making…
The stakes can’t be any higher…
The prize any more valuable.
Roman Reigns….
Seth Rollins….
For the @WWE World Heavyweight Championship. #SummerSlam
I’ve missed a lot of things I wish I hadn’t in the last 15 months because of this injury but today is, by far, the one I wish I had been there for the most.
He has brought out the best in me as both an ally and a foe. That’s because he is THE best.
When you’re consistently that good for that long, you become undeniable.
Sami becoming WWE Champion was inevitable. He has deserved that moment for a very long time and I am so happy to see him finally get it.
Now enjoy these pictures of me annoying him at various stages of our careers. The last one is him putting on my sock in a hotel room in the middle of nowhere in Texas because I thought I had broken my back the night before and could not move. He had to help me put on my boxers too.
Look how happy he is…
Now tell me he doesn’t deserve to be champion! @SamiZayn