Heads up gasoline users............

[Okie4570]

Well they got us diesel users a few years ago, hiked our price up about $.70/gal if IIRC by going from 500ppm to 15ppm. Article says just a few cents for gasoline, we shall see.

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is expected to propose new rules Friday that would slash the amount of sulfur in gasoline, one of the most significant steps the administration can take this term toward cutting air pollution, said people with knowledge of the announcement.


The new rules would bring the rest of the country's sulfur standards in line with California's gasoline program.

The oil industry and members of Congress from oil states have criticized the standards as onerous with few health benefits in return. Environmentalists have countered that the rules would improve public health considerably.

The proposed rules would place a cap of 10 parts sulfur per million parts, compared with a cap of 30 now. Once final, the rules would go into effect in 2017.

Reducing sulfur in gasoline helps vehicles' catalytic converters work more efficiently, which means they remove more of the nitrogen, volatile organic compounds and carbon monoxide that exacerbate respiratory ailments. The auto industry and many states back the new rules.

"Using lower-sulfur gasoline in cars currently on the road will reduce as much pollution as taking 33 million cars off the road," said Paul G. Billings, senior vice president of the American Lung Assn. "This pollution triggers asthma attacks, worsens lung and heart health and can even lead to early death."

The oil industry argues that the proposed standards would make refineries use more energy, driving greenhouse gas emissions higher. It contends that outfitting refiners to comply with the new rules could push up the price of gasoline by as much as 9 cents a gallon.

"There is a tsunami of federal regulations coming out of the EPA that could put upward pressure on gasoline prices," said Bob Greco of the American Petroleum Institute.

"Consumers care about the price of fuel, and our government should not be adding unnecessary regulations that raise manufacturing costs, especially when there are no proven environmental benefits."

California has had a cap of 20 parts sulfur per million since 2011, but refineries routinely deliver fuel at 8 or 9 parts per million, said Stanley Young, spokesman for the Air Resources Board.

The lower sulfur concentrations have led to "substantial reductions in air pollution" and added 3 to 5 cents to the cost of a gallon of gasoline, Young said.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gasoline-standards-20130329,0,3690826.story?track=rss

 

[BigD]

Im not sure about the gasoline, but when we went to ultra low sulphur in diesels I lost about 1.5 mpg

 

[OKC03Cobra]

I just wish I could find 93 octane gasoline in Norman.

 

[Spata]

Will.not.hurt.economy.at.all.ever.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

A few cents to the government is 50 cents at least.

 

[Okie4570]

Here's the best part.....

The new rules would bring the rest of the country's sulfur standards in line with California's gasoline program.

We get to align ourselves based on the standards of California.

 

[swampratt]

Father-in-law thought his injectors went bad on his VW diesel a few years ago..
MPG was in the upper 40's to low 50's then all of the sudden it was 28MPG...
Was diagnosed to be the new low sulfur fuel..
So how is that like taking 33 million cars off the road..EPA is full of idiots.
It's all about lining someone's wallet...Nothing to do with air quality...

 

[tntrex]

I wondered if they were ever gonna go lower on gasers. EPA sucks money from the people for damn sure.

 

[TwoForFlinching]

It's hard to take a government seriously on air quality and climate change when they still allow the trade/sell/buy of pollution credits

 

[Shadowrider]

Saw a financial article that had the author saying that gas would hit $5.00 this summer. He didn't mention this as I recall, but it will help the price get to his predicted number.

I'm convinced that Obama wants to drive the price as high as he can get it and still spin deniability into any questions he might get hit with. He'll spin it into blaming the oil companies and that he needs to do even more regulations.