Dear Editor,
Between October last year and January 2016 contaminated petrol received at some gas stations affected thousands of motor vehicle owners causing them to spend thousands of dollars to effect vehicle repairs. Minister with responsibility for energy, Phillip Paulwell, ordered a probe via a three-man committee to present a final report to him on February 24.
Paulwell needs to expeditiously publish this ‘bad gas’ report and inform the country of the true nature and source of the contaminant that has monumentally affected many motorists across the country and caused untold financial hardship on owners and drivers of vehicles.
If the Bureau of Standards Jamaica were doing its job effectively, regularly testing petrol at gas stations throughout the country at specified intervals, then this devastating ‘bad gas’ scandal may have been averted. It needs a new board of directors.
We citizens need to be accurately told by Paulwell the precise source of the contaminated gas and the lawful sanctions applied to those responsible. This is a serious issue and the culprits must pay the penalties as prescribed by law. We the cannot allow this issue to die. We the affected motorists must be compensated. We need the facts here.
Why are we consumers of petrol paying the same rate per litre today as we were paying when the oil per barrel rate was US$122? The cost for oil is now US$29 per barrel.
Additionally, all petrol stations should be made to display their pricing display boards and have air pumps in place as is the case in countries such as the US.
Robert Dalley
Montego Bay, St James
robertdalley1@hotmail.com
Between October last year and January 2016 contaminated petrol received at some gas stations affected thousands of motor vehicle owners causing them to spend thousands of dollars to effect vehicle repairs. Minister with responsibility for energy, Phillip Paulwell, ordered a probe via a three-man committee to present a final report to him on February 24.
Paulwell needs to expeditiously publish this ‘bad gas’ report and inform the country of the true nature and source of the contaminant that has monumentally affected many motorists across the country and caused untold financial hardship on owners and drivers of vehicles.
If the Bureau of Standards Jamaica were doing its job effectively, regularly testing petrol at gas stations throughout the country at specified intervals, then this devastating ‘bad gas’ scandal may have been averted. It needs a new board of directors.
We citizens need to be accurately told by Paulwell the precise source of the contaminated gas and the lawful sanctions applied to those responsible. This is a serious issue and the culprits must pay the penalties as prescribed by law. We the cannot allow this issue to die. We the affected motorists must be compensated. We need the facts here.
Why are we consumers of petrol paying the same rate per litre today as we were paying when the oil per barrel rate was US$122? The cost for oil is now US$29 per barrel.
Additionally, all petrol stations should be made to display their pricing display boards and have air pumps in place as is the case in countries such as the US.
Robert Dalley
Montego Bay, St James
robertdalley1@hotmail.com