Unleaded gasoline

Unleaded gasoline

From Neraca

The government's effort to reduce air pollution in larger cities is to encourage use of compressed gas and unleaded gasoline. Consequently the government's program, known as the "Blue Sky Program", should receive full support from the society.

The problem now is if car owners want to shift to gas, they must install a certain instrument in the engine, which is expensive. Moreover, there are only a few stations in Jakarta which provide compressed gas, compared with gasoline stations, which can be found in almost every part of the city.

The government has strongly encouraged public transportation vehicles such as taxis and buses to use gas. But private car owners are asked to use unleaded gasoline. Again, the problem is that the unleaded gasoline is expensive. It costs Rp 900 per liter, as compared with Rp 600 for a liter of premium.

The government should be serious in making this project a success by, among other things, establishing more stations providing the gas, or giving subsidies to car owners who want to install the additional instrument in their engines.

Or the government should lower the price of unleaded gasoline if it is not capable of constructing compressed gas stations in as many places as possible and is not able to provide subsidies to car owners.

MALIUNGAN

Jakarta