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For all the car folks

Looks like there maybe cleaner diesel in the works for Colombia:

http://www.unep.org/pcfv/pcfvnewsletter/Bogota.html

By adrimm (Moderator) on Mar 8, 2009, 22:23 in Friendly Talkzone.

august says on Mar 9, 2009, 00:02:

More like: for all the pedestrians who have just been left in a disgusting cloud of diesel exhaust by a passing/farting bus and area now trying to gasp for air. Sigh. That is good news though.

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vicshere says on Mar 9, 2009, 06:46:

sulphur content will be 3000 ppm as of July 2008....that doesnt even rate as diesel

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adrimm (Moderator) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Mar 9, 2009, 17:26:

Well, at least this July (July 2009) it will be 500 ppm - 4 months to go.

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"The Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Environment has agreed with Ecopetrol, the Colombian Oil Company, to provide diesel fuel with a sulphur content of 50 ppm from January 2010 onwards in Bogota. This fuel will be available in the rest of the country from 2013. 500 ppm sulphur diesel will be available in Bogota from July 2008. For the rest of the country, sulphur content will be 3000 ppm as of July 2008, and 500 ppm from July 2009. These targets are tied to an investment plan by Ecopetrol in new plants for its refineries. The Ministry of Treasury says that reaching the targets will result in an additional cost of 770 pesos (0.38 USD) per gallon.

The PCFV has been working in Colombia together with the National University of Colombia to promote low sulphur fuels in the country. "

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