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Question posted: 07 22 2008 05:08:17 +0000,
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07 06 2010 20:18:08 +0000
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FInance
If there
ever was an example of the terrible cost of dithering, it must be this. There
was a time not that long ago when crude oil prices averaged less than $20 per barrel.
It was when Vijay
Kelkar, as the secretary of the ministry of petroleum and natural gas, set up a
committee for dismantling the administered price regime and usher in
market-based pricing. The committee produced an excellent report and set out a
timetable for decontrol.
Unfortunately,
petroleum minister Ram Naik of the BJP didn’t want to give up controls. Like
many other reports, this one also met its dusty death in some long forgotten
filing cabinet.
Ram Naik and the BJP
went. In came the Congress: Mani Shankar Aiyar followed by Murli Deora. Neither
showed much interest in decontrolling prices, except in bits under the direst
of circumstances. And despite being a good economist and a reformer at heart,
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not exert enough pressure.
What an opportunity
we lost! Up to September 2003, there was a parity between crude and petrol
prices with a good refiners’ margin - making it an ideal time for decontrol.
While crude prices will keep increasing due to its availability and renewal constraints, a large part of the current jump in prices is also created artificially. Due to a sudden environment of deficiency created around the world, panic purchases have started happening. History has shown us many a time how hoarders have profited from this panic situation through black marketing and price rise. I think the crude prices will moderate from their current levels after the panic situation reduces. In fact, the prices have already reduced 20 $ / barrel from the peak.
To answer your question.
ONLY BUY OR FILL UP YOUR VEHICLES IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEN THE GROUND
TEMPERATURE IS STILL COLD. Remember that all service stations have
their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground, the
denser the fuel, when it gets warmer petrol expands, so buying in the
afternoon or in the evening.... Your litre is not exactly a litre. In
the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the
petrol, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products play
an important role. A 1degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this
business.But the service stations do not have temperature compensation
at the pumps.
WHEN YOU'RE FILLING UP, DO NOT SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER OF THE NOZZLE TO A
FAST MODE.If you look, you will see that the trigger has three (3)
stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode, you should be pumping on
low speed, thereby minimizing the vapours that are created, while you
are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapour return. If you are
pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank
becomes vapour. Those vapours are being sucked up and back into the
underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TIPS IS TO FILL UP WHEN YOUR TANK IS HALF
FULL.The reason for this is, the more fuel you have in your tank, the
less air occupying its empty space. Petrol evaporates faster than you
can
Imagine. Petroleum storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This
roof serves as zero clearance between the petrol and the atmosphere, so
it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I
work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated, so that
every litre is actually the exact amount.
ANOTHER REMINDER, IF THERE IS A FUEL TRUCK PUMPING INTO THE STORAGE
TANKS, WHEN YOU STOP TO BUY, DO NOT FILL UP - most likely the
petrol/diesel is being stirred up as the fuel is being delivered, and
you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.
Hope, this will help you get the maximum value for your money.
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