Oil consumption rises 4-5% during Songkran festival

[webfact]

Oil consumption rises 4-5% during Songkran festival

 

   

BANGKOK, 18 April 2019 (NNT) - The Department of Energy Businesses has disclosed that domestic oil consumption has risen by four to five percent during the Songkran festival or from April 12 until April 17, mostly due to journeys between the provinces and Bangkok for the long holiday.

 

Department of Energy Businesses Director, General Nanthika Thangsupanich said today the 4-5% increase in oil consumption during Songkran accounted for a record 32 million liters of gasoline per day and 68 million liters of diesel per day. 

 

Most of the fuel was for the long holiday from April 12 to April 17 during which festival goers have traveled to their home provinces and then returned to the capital city. 

 

The daily volume of oil consumption is expected to amount to one million barrels, accounting for no less than a three percent increase throughout the year. Besides, she said, most of the consumed oil is supposed to be environmentally friendly.

 

-- © Copyright nnt 2019-04-18

[Lungstib]

Songkran up here in the far north is celebrated by the villagers from the mountains going to and from the Kok river as often as possible throwing, and receiving, water as they go. Its an endless road procession of bikes and pick-ups doing nothing more than going backwards and forwards for the fun of it. Of course they used more fuel.

[Inepto Cracy]

Petrol is less polluting than diesel. Diesel vehicles emmit more dangerous fumes.

So from the consumption figures, there are many more diesel vehicles on the roads than petrol vehicles, easy answer to killing pollution and PM2.5 emmisions, is, ban diesel vehicles.

Beware the easter time emmisions this coming weekend.

[shady86]

Shi*ty pickups happily blowing out black smoke to show they can't afford own a better car.

[wgdanson]

1 hour ago, Inepto Cracy said:

Petrol is less polluting than diesel. Diesel vehicles emmit more dangerous fumes.

So from the consumption figures, there are many more diesel vehicles on the roads than petrol vehicles, easy answer to killing pollution and PM2.5 emmisions, is, ban diesel vehicles.

Beware the easter time emmisions this coming weekend.

Easter, in Thailand? Wrong religion.    LOL

 

And no emissions from me, the GFs gone home.

[overherebc]

42 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

Easter, in Thailand? Wrong religion.    LOL

 

And no emissions from me, the GFs gone home.

My mate brought me some cans of HP baked beans from UK. Emissions have been increasing steadily. Not sure about 2.5 particles though.

[Bluespunk]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Besides, she said, most of the consumed oil is supposed to be environmentally friendly.

Really? Care to explain how?

[overherebc]

1 hour ago, Bluespunk said:

Really? Care to explain how?

Says so on the tin?????

That's as far as I can think it through.

????????

[sammieuk1]

Wondered why I had a greasy face this year????

[Justgrazing]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Besides, she said, most of the consumed oil is supposed to be environmentally friendly

If that is not a statement of supreme ignorance then it must be one of dishonesty .. There is no oil that is friendly to the environment .. If she is referring to ultra refined diesel then that only works efficiently in the latest generation engines of which a lot of the vehicles operating here are not equipped with .. and even that is not environmentally friendly .. 

They really do make a rod for their own backs with some of what emits over here sometimes particularly when viewed against the backdrop of the pollution issues that have afflicted numerous areas of Thailand for months now .. 

[overherebc]

2 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

If that is not a statement of supreme ignorance then it must be one of dishonesty .. There is no oil that is friendly to the environment .. If she is referring to ultra refined diesel then that only works efficiently in the latest generation engines of which a lot of the vehicles operating here are not equipped with .. and even that is not environmentally friendly .. 

They really do make a rod for their own backs with some of what emits over here sometimes particularly when viewed against the backdrop of the pollution issues that have afflicted numerous areas of Thailand for months now .. 

Olive oil, although I could never work out what Popeye saw in her.

[Tayaout]

Biodiesel is carbon neutral but still not environmentally friendly I would say. Also I think most of the sugar cane in Thailand is transformed in ethanol which is mixed to fuel. Carbon neutral but still not environmentally friendly.