Prasanna SUHAS Kulkarni

Deconstructed is an effort
to commemorate the
finer experiences in life.
A movie scene. A cup of tea atop a mountain.
I deconstruct
days to construct context.

[Prasanna SUHAS Kulkarni @__deconstructed]

@niyetsel RESILIENT

[JayPrashanth @JayPrashanth]

With respect to running cost, E85 flex fuel is a sophisticated scam. On E85, your monthly fuel bill will increase, not decrease.

Here's the simplified math. Assuming your car delivers 15 kmpl on average, on E85 flex fuel, you'll pay about Rs.
7.45 per km, which is significantly more than E20 petrol's Rs. 6.85 per km. At current prices.

That's not all.

1. You're likely to pay about 70k to 1 lakh more for the 'privilege' of using E85 flex fuel as flex fuel cars will be pricier. Well, the recently launched Hero Splendor Flex Fuel is about 5,000 rupees pricier than the non-flex fuel version. This translates to a 7 percent price increase. On a 10 lakh rupee car, it'll be a whopping Rs. 70,000. Higher EMI: Check.

2. If you do end up buying a flex fuel vehicle by paying extra, and don't find a bunk dispensing flex fuel, you're basically screwed from both sides. In effect, you'll own a vehicle that's pricier and ready to run flex fuel without access to flex fuel. So, best approach: wait and watch before buying that flex fuel equipped vehicle. Don't buy until availability of flex fuel increases to a point where you need not worry about where to refuel.

3. To make flex fuel attractive, govt may load extra taxes on E20. Again, a scam at your expense. There's no other way to account for a straight 30 percent drop in energy content.

Irony of it all: E20 petrol suddenly looks like gold thanks to flex fuel.

PS: It's already happening. The govt has slashed excise duty on higher ethanol blends. The idea is to offer lower prices for higher blends and tempt the common man. Most people, unknowingly, will go for lower priced fuels, damaging their vehicles' engines in the longer term. Good for making them upgrade to newer cars/motorcycles. What a beautiful idea.

@CarToq brings you the math behind why your fuel bill will go up at current prices.

https://t.co/q3P8NnU1gP

[Kunal Kapoor @kapoorkkunal]

My grandad was the original biohacker. Lived till 94. Walked an hour a day. Ate small meals. Chewed slowly: "Your teeth are in your mouth, not your stomach." Last meal before sunset. First after sunrise. Fasted every Sunday. We don't take wisdom seriously until someone rebrands it.

[JayPrashanth @JayPrashanth]

How the Govt is scamming you with E85.

[Ankit Sawant @SatanAtWink]

Looking at this road, I think that @mybmc & the entire Maharashtra govt believes that we have ‘chutiya’ written on our foreheads

[Anupam Gupta @b50]

Raise your hand if you are considering buying a @titanwatches after watching #MadeInIndia #ATitanStory. I've been to their website 5 times over the weekend, cannot decide. And I haven't worn a wrist watch (regularly) since decades. 😂

[Bhaumik Gowande @bhaumikgowande]

As someone with a bachelors in Civil Engineering, BMC's defence is interesting because it answers a question nobody asked. A lot of engineering terminology, very little engineering evidence.
It fails to realise the concern isn't whether the flyover is about to collapse. People are simply asking why a newly inaugurated bridge already looks like it's been patched multiple times.
Yes, mastic asphalt can have visible joints. Yes, stone chippings are used for skid resistance. But where are the surface profile tests, quality-control reports, and workmanship records?
"Traffic will make it look better" is not a quality standard. Infrastructure should be finished before inauguration, not after motorists start using it.
This reads less like a technical explanation and more like a PR note sprinkled with engineering jargon.

[Prasanna SUHAS Kulkarni @__deconstructed]

@latha_venkatesh @anvaya_anand They haven't thought that ahead ma'am; lol. Mantri g ne party mein bola hoga. Apply kar diya.

[Tamal Bandyopadhyay @TamalBandyo]

No cars in Mumbai's BKC every Friday starting June 12. Initiative aims at reducing congestion. Every Friday will be observed as 'Public Transport Day', with nearly 2 lakh professionals encouraged to travel by train, metro & and bus. First-of-its-kind effort focused specifically on a major corporate district.
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[Prasanna SUHAS Kulkarni @__deconstructed]

@TamalBandyo Shit show

[JayPrashanth @JayPrashanth]

Nitin Gadkari's war against petrol cars and two wheelers.

1. He doesn't talk about offering ethanol free petrol for vehicles that are incompatible with E20.

2. Only Maruti and Royal Enfield offer kits to make non-compatible vehicles compatible with E20.

3. Classic knee-jerk policy action means there's uncertainty for manufacturers and buyers.

4. Such policy action puts lakhs of petrol vehicle owners in trouble.

5. Courts have decided not to intervene, which means you the vehicle owner are on your own.

To sum it up, it's a shit show.

@CarToq

https://t.co/9Tnesqxixb

[Vijay Marathe @Fintech00]

They could have expanded the CNG Stations

They could have expanded the EV charging stations

But they choose to expand E85 stations.

Math is not mathing here.

[Prasanna SUHAS Kulkarni @__deconstructed]

@newstart_2024 If he eats his last meal by 8 pm and first at 8 am, that’s not 18:6; that’s 12;12.

[out of context house m.d. @telyhouse]

Hugh Laurie responded to a criticism of House

[Prasanna SUHAS Kulkarni @__deconstructed]

@TheCinesthetic Tropic Thunder.

[Prasanna SUHAS Kulkarni @__deconstructed]

@Ravisutanjani Apart from paltry higher octane rating (XP95 Had an octane rating of 95 while regulat petrol has 91), there is absolutely no difference. Both have a 20 pc ethanol blend. If you want top tier, go for XP100 by paying hard earned tax paid money.

[Prasanna SUHAS Kulkarni @__deconstructed]

@Gabbar8244 Insecurity.

[Ajay Vir Jakhar @Ajayvirjakhar]

Ethanol for cars is made from crops growing on subsidized fertilizer. The subsidy was for growing crops for food security. But now, tens of thousands of crores of subsidy will be subsumed into manufacturing ethanol. Don't tell me no one told you that before ...

[Prasanna SUHAS Kulkarni @__deconstructed]

@marinebharat @VishalBhargava5 Big man, if this is your bar for LEGENDARY, It says a lot about yourself and little about the ones you so righteously are defending.

[Prasanna SUHAS Kulkarni @__deconstructed]

@VishalBhargava5 We can call it a tie on the grounds of sheer incompetence and utter shamelessness.