Malaysia Kini : Record oil prices - consumers held to ransom |
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Monday, 14 September 2009 11:14 |
18 October 2007� by : PIARAPAKARAN SUBRAMANIAM, Programme Manager, Environment Desk The minister of Domestic Trade and Consumers Affairs has announced that we will be having a fuel price increase in the near future. In our recent memorandum to the government on the national energy agenda, we have outlined the importance of alternative choices to consumers. Countries like Brazil is far ahead in utilisation of alternative fuel such as ethanol to reduce the impact to their country�s economy and reducing the burden to the consumers (ethanol is much cheaper). Our biofuel is yet to make changes in fuel consumption for domestic use. In addition to that, the national automotive industry is not moving towards such efforts as well. What choices consumers left with to alter their fuel consumption pattern? Some of us say that we cannot have transport system like Singapore as our country is much bigger. But Japan is larger than Malaysia and their public transport system is a boon to consumers.
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Last Updated on Monday, 14 September 2009 11:14 |