r/fuckE20

Today the government allowed sugar imports for the first time in nearly ten years. 10 lakh tonnes at zero duty till October. Prices hit a record of ₹5,500 a quintal, up from ₹3,900 a year ago.

So obviously Every headline right now is about sugar. And everyone is attributing it to ethanol

But here is my take - sugar is the smaller story.

The actual story is maize. In 2024 India's maize imports went up 7,940 percent year on year. That's not a typo. India was a maize exporter for decades, shipping around 1.9 million tonnes a year to Bangladesh, Vietnam, Malaysia, Nepal. In one year that flipped. Exports crashed to 0.5 million tonnes and India started importing.

Why? Because the ethanol program started buying maize in bulk.

Once sugar production started tightening (which is exactly why the government is importing sugar today), the ethanol machine needed maize to feed on. Ethanol distilleries started outbidding poultry farms for the same maize the country eats and feeds to chickens. Prices went from ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 per tonne. Chicken prices rose - Imagine your protein requirements can't be fullfilled due to ethanol :p

The Poultry Federation of India formally asked the government for duty-free maize imports because they were losing the auction to fuel.

The government keeps repeating the ₹1.98 lakh crore in forex savings number, since 2014, from crude oil India didn't import.

But nobody is netting it against the new imports the program is creating. Sugar today. Maize since 2024.

I spent two months on this and made a 17 minute doc. It's the only video you'll need to understand every facet of India's ethanol program - https://youtu.be/LrgrNPp0lvY

Source : https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbsymr0DM18

Discussion forums : https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/indian-car-scene/309812-drop-fe-diesel-cars-because-blended-diesel.html

Future takes 2030:

Went to an Indian oil petrol pump to fill up a 2 wheeler. The tank was on reserve, but instead of handing me the nozzle, the attendant redirected me straight to Desk #4: Fuel Finance & Loan Verification Officer.

After 25 minutes of document verification and biometric scanning, here are the updated Indian Oil Financial Services terms for 2030:

0.5 Liters (Starter Pack): Instant approval via Aadhaar OTP. 3 easy monthly EMIs.

Full Tank (Luxury Segment): Requires 3 months' payslips, 2 guarantors (preferably government employees), and your original property documents.

Defaulting Penalty: If your EMI bounces, recovery agents will show up at your house at 3 AM with a pipe and a jerrycan to siphon the fuel back out.

i changed petrol on my bike(bullet 96') i drained the petrol and filled it with petrol, but the color difference between them is disturbing. Do any of you know whats the reason. the petrol on Pepsi is old and bisleri is new

EDIT: the petrol is from the same petrol bunk. the one in the Pepsi bottle has been sitting for a month and the other was bought this morning.

Our Objective is to Log Political Excuses over time

E20 nature of absorbing water is causing issues with the cars so why not simplying keep a product like this and use it while filling on fuel station?

This will seperate the water from fuel and you will get only e20 on tank

This morning i found my bike with a flat tyre, no puncture but the valve stem is leaking, this a tube type tire. I need to change the the tube?

Saw a post posted by INC and RG where he is showing problems with e20 in e20 compliant car. Bro takes a step back when he was supposed to leap forward.

Edit: this is not to make joke about him, but Pre 2023 vehicles are more in danger compared to e20 compliant vehicles. So the point here was to highlight the bigger risk. People flooding his post with memes already. I do appreciate him talking about it.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbvTPOaCFUr/?igsh=dzJpNGw3Ym5tZWtk

If its possible, is it sustainable?