LPG

India

Gasping for GAS

In the absence of a government policy on the use liquefied petroleum gas for

Publication Date:

14/03/2000

Author(s): Lopamudra Banerjee

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

LPG, Energy Policy, Energy Technology, Natural Gas, Vehicles

Air Pollution

Alternative fuels can reduce air and noise pollution levels

Vialle, a company based in the Netherlands, manufactures customised cars using alternative fuels like compressed natural gas CNG and liquefied petroleum gas LPG . Carmakers like Maruti, Volvo and Fiat are closely associated with the company.

Publication Date:

14/03/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

20000315

pp:

0

Tags:

Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Noise Pollution, LPG, Diesel, Natural Gas, Netherlands

Air Pollution

After Delhi...

...Andhra Pradesh may also ban 15 year old vehicles

Publication Date:

30/01/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, LPG, Andhra Pradesh, Vehicles

India

Fuel from CO<sub>2</sub>

A method has been developed that would help convert carbon dioxide (CO2 ) into gasoline and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The process developed by the Osaka National Research Institute, Japan,

Publication Date:

14/10/1997

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

LPG, Fuel Cell, Industrial Technology, Japan

India

MEXICO

If the citizens of Mexico City -known to be one of the most polluted cities in the world -want to breathe cleaner air, they must first take care of their kitchens. For, Sherwood Rowland, an

Publication Date:

29/09/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

LPG, Gas Leakages, Household Energy, Mexico

Air Pollution

Report of the expert committee on atmospheric environmental quality and preservation of Taj Mahal and Agra monuments - Vol I (Varadarajan Committee Report on Taj)

The Government of India announced its decision in 1973 to set up a 6 million tonne per year Petroleum Oil Refinery at Mathura under the Indian Oil Corporation of India.

Publication Date:

01/04/1995

Source: Ministry of Environment and Forests

Tags:

India

Fuel for sorrow

LIQUID petroleum gas (LPG) connection holders in India, by virtue of this privilege, are entiled to 4 litres of kerosene from the public distribution system. Those not so fortunate are supposed to

Publication Date:

14/10/1994

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

3

Issue:

19941015

pp:

0

Tags:

LPG, Kerosene, India

India

Fuelling a crisis

A recent, innocuous check-and-tally exercise by the Delhi administration unearthed a giant racket diverting to the transport sector heavily-subsidised kerosene meant for domestic consumption

Publication Date:

14/10/1994

Author(s): Rahul Shrivastava

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

3

Issue:

19941015

pp:

0

Tags:

LPG, Kerosene, Household Energy, India, Delhi

India

Covert transfer

ONCE the parity in the prices of kerosene and high speed diesel oil (HSDO) ceased in 1978-79 and HSDO prices soared to nearly 3 times that of kerosene in 1992-93, there has been a sharp increase in

Publication Date:

14/10/1994

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

3

Issue:

19941015

pp:

0

Tags:

LPG, Kerosene, Household Energy, India, Delhi

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