Ethanol and bio-diesel could help in achieving import substitution

LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Population Welfare Punjab Neelam Jabbar Ch. has said that the government is paying full attention to develop the alternative fuels such as ethanol and bio-diesel to overcome the energy crisis in the country.

While talking to various delegations, Neelam Jabbar Ch. said that the world was moving about new fuel technologies and Pakistan could not afford to lag behind and be continued on traditional energy sources.

She said that ethanol and bio-diesel could help in achieving import substitution and also enable to escape the hazards of oil price validity.

The Minister said that as the ethanol is environmental friendly so the government is making sincere efforts to develop alternate fuel which would be very helpful for industrial progress also. The ethanol was being mixed in different portion in motor gasoline in many countries, whereas, the alternate energy resources would also be helpful for industrial and commercial sectors as well as to save the foreign reserves, she concluded.

source: onlinenews.com