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Oily Mess

  • 14/10/2000

The Indian government subsidises certain petroleum products like diesel

This encourages consumers to switch from expensive petrol to cheap diesel

Diesel emissions are more harmful than petrol emissions

Increase in diesel vehicles means more pollution

More pollution will only results in more health problems

Subsidy keeps fuel use inefficient. Freight traffic by rail goes down and road freight traffic increases

More road traffic means more pollution

Subsidies make non-conventional and renewable sources unviable