Europe and fuel sulfur

With its proposal to remove nearly all sulfur from gasoline and diesel fuel, the European Commission threatens to follow the precautionary principle on global warming up an economic smokestack. The EC's proposal would certainly raise the already high prices of vehicle fuel in Europe. The promis...

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Published inThe Oil & gas journal Vol. 99; no. 21; p. 19
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nashville Endeavor Business Media 21.05.2001
Subjects
Carbon dioxide
Climate change
Diesel fuels
Economics
Emissions
Energy consumption
Energy efficiency
Fuels
Gasoline
Global warming
Greenhouse gases
Hypotheses
Precautionary principle
Sulfur
United Kingdom > UK
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ISSN0030-1388
1944-9151

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Summary:With its proposal to remove nearly all sulfur from gasoline and diesel fuel, the European Commission threatens to follow the precautionary principle on global warming up an economic smokestack. The EC's proposal would certainly raise the already high prices of vehicle fuel in Europe. The promised gains are subject to great doubt. And the overarching goal - carbon dioxide reductions as a precaution against global warming - teeters on a weakening hypothesis. This is a whimsical governance. European oil companies owe it to their customers to say so.
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ISSN:0030-1388
1944-9151