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The selling price is planned to follow Vi-Gas market mechanisms which refers to the LPG international price with government subsidies amounting to Rp 1,000 per liter of Premium equivalents (lsp).

The selling price of Gas will always Vi-changed following the LPG international price, in this case, and the rate of CP Aramco rupiah against the dollar. However, the Government will provide subsidies amounting to Usd 1000.00 per lsp. So in advance, the selling price of the LGV (Vi-Gas) will fluctuate with the magnitude of subsidies which are constant.

“Vi-Gas Price Formula is similar to the formula of subsidized FUEL at this time. If the FUEL is the Mean of Platts Singapore (MOPS) + Alpha then on LGV will resemble the CP Aramco + Betha versions. With this economization prices will drive GAS STATION to make an investment preparation means Vi-Gas so it can multiply the availability of GAS STATION serving Vi-Gas sales, “said Vice President Corporate Communication Aaron.

The plan was in line with government policy to convert FUEL (Premium) subsidized transportation sector begins to 2012. The Government is targeting a number of vehicles that are converted using the Vi-Gas is 250,000 vehicles in Java and Bali, consisting of public transportation as much as 200,000 and 4-wheeled vehicles with engines below 1,500 cc by as much as 50,000.

Since introduced in 2009, the selling price of Gas is not Vi-changes in level of Rp 3,600 per lsp. The price is a price promotion so not yet reflect the market price, as one form of attempts to introduce eco-friendly alternative fuels.

Currently, sales of Gas through the Vi-10 GAS STATION Pertamina is still relatively low, amounting to about 24,000 lsp per month. Pertamina plans to add to the GAS STATION could serve the sale of Vi-Gas  nine units in the near future.

ike many environmental groups, PETA is all about the “anti.” In this case, it is anti-hunting. Its supporters rally against causes with easily identifiable “bad guys” such as corporations and hunters like Bob Parsons. While such good-versus-evil narratives are useful for garnering financial support, they ignore the complexity of human-wildlife conflicts in Africa and the role of property rights and local management in resource conservation.

Seldom does PETA advocate for more practical but less emotive “pro” causes such as wildlife habitat, community resource management, or higher incomes. As a result, it neglects solutions such as devolving wildlife management to the local level, where the people living with the costs of wildlife can find ways to profit from sustaining the habitat and the animals. Where property rights to wildlife have been assigned to local communities—either through explicit institutional reforms or innovative entrepreneurship—Africans have proven that private ownership means resources stewardship. …

… Anti-hunting groups succeeded in getting Kenya to ban all hunting in 1977. Since then, its population of large wild animals has declined between 60 and 70 percent. The country’s elephant population declined from 167,000 in 1973 to just 16,000 in 1989. Poaching took its toll on elephants because of their damage to both cropland and people. Today Kenya wildlife officials boast a doubling of the country’s elephant population to 32,000, but nearly all are in protected national parks where poaching can be controlled. With only 8 percent of its land set aside as protected areas, it is no wonder that wildlife in general and elephants in particular have trouble finding hospitable habitat.