More Barry O’Fail

Posted by Chief Blogger – 23 January, 2012

Another idiotic left-wing policy desgined to drive up the cost of energy for people:

UP TO 750,000 drivers in NSW will be forced to pay at least $150 more for petrol each year when the government bans regular unleaded petrol in July.

NSW is the only government in Australia to ban regular unleaded petrol and replace it with fuel blended with 10 per cent ethanol.

But modelling by the University of Queensland and the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce obtained by the Herald shows 25 per cent of NSW cars cannot use ethanol fuel and will be forced to use premium fuel instead.

E10 is also far less fuel efficient than regular unleaded, pretty much negating any initial cost savings at the petrol station. I won’t use it my vehicle, makesmy car run rough even though it is E10 certified.

  • Craig y

    Withdrawing 91 ulp would be equal to Kraft withdrawing vegemite. Almost unthinkable but here we have it being endorsed by a Liberal government no less! I’ve told my daughter who lives in Sydney that she’s going to have to fill her Mazda 3 with 95 ulp (providing they don’t ditch this as well) and to avoid e10 like the plague…… Mazda dealers say its ok to use e10 but this could be a ploy to increase their service requirements as i have been informed by people in the know that over time the ethanol in e10 starts to break down seals in the fuel system. Could be an expensive fix!