The Golden Triangle Rider

Hoghead · Biker Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 75

Wake up guys, the government has made it very clear that they intend to promote gasohol at any cost. The refiners are stopping/stopped production, and the stations are at an economic disadvantage in selling petrol vs gasohol. There is a surplus of ethanol and more plants due to come on line.

91 petrol will be next
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pikey · Posted: 23.03.2008, 15:28 Post subject:

I've been advising customers to put 91 in our rent bikes if they can't find 95 and telling them that the pump colour is red. Today I was at PTT just past Wualai Rd on the moat (CNX) and they were serving Gasohol 91 out of the regular (red) 91 pump. No non-gasohol fuel to be had at all at that station. Evil or Very Mad

Cheers,

Pikey.
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AZOULAY · Posted: 25.03.2008, 13:59 Post subject:

Hi Friends,

At this stage of the discussion I 'ld like to know if someone knows about a simple quick test we could carry on the oil to check if it's really a 95 or not. I fear the cheat threat in few stands....
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monsterman · Revered Old Git Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 629

A lot of farm machinery needs non gasohol 91 to run and i have heard that a lot of ordinary farmers have had problems with gasohol damaging pumps and other machines around Thailand ...they are a sizable pressure group.
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Davidfl · Posted: 01.04.2008, 14:04 Post subject:

The forces of gasohol:

From the Nation 31 March
Thaksin returns to greet two businessmen
Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand yesterday partly to welcome two foreign businessmen who may invest in the country, Thaksin's personal spokesman Pongthep Thepkan-chana said.

One businessman specializes in bio-diesel and ethanol, while the other has assets that rank in the world's top 10. "The invitation to the businessmen is not connected with the government or politics at all. He [Thaksin] invited them as a Thai who wants to help develop the country,'' Pongthep said.

It seems to me as if they’re quite a few big guys lining up to cream it off with gasohol. I saw a report on CP a few days ago about their plans for massive corn fields in neighbouring countries & all for ethanol. The Beer Chang group is the same with massive land holdings & all planned for growing crops for ethanol. With so much money to be made, gasohol is undoubtedly here to stay, but will they relent & keep some 95 ?
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Rhodie · Posted: 01.04.2008, 14:18 Post subject:

Surely these Ethanocrats need to run their limos on 95?
Or, is it that they can afford to change their cars every year for it to not make a difference for these silk-shirted shysters.

Dontcha just love the complete and utter shamelessness of their greed?
If only this was just a Banana Republic!
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