Green Planet Group Inc (GNPG)

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Here is the EPA approval letter for Green planets Product:

http://www.greenplanetgroup.com/resources/dyn/files/145304/_fn/white_sands_letter2.pdf

If only this company would start marketing itself it is a no brainer for success.
There are only 4 companies in the country that the EPA approved for their emmission reduction products. That alone is a company making event.

With over 100 million barrels a month in diesel being burned in this country, our market is virtualy unlimited.

http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/oilgas/archive/070502.htm

DIESEL – FUEL OF THE FUTURE?

Current Gasoline Market Conditions

The last three months have not been an easy time for U.S. motorists. Gasoline prices have risen substantially since the end of January. From a low of $2.17 per gallon on January 29, the U.S. average climbed 80 cents to $2.97 on April 30, as reported in the weekly survey by the Energy Information Administration (“EIA”), with the biggest weekly jump (12.2 cents per gallon) between February 26 and March 5. Prices were up in every region for the week that ended April 30, with the Midwest experiencing the greatest jump (15 cents per gallon). Similarly, diesel prices rose by 40 cents per gallon between January 29 and April 30, to a national average of $2.81 per gallon.

Crude oil prices also have increased since late January. The crude settlement price on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose from $51.13 per barrel on January 22 to $64.40 on May 1. Price increases at the pump also were driven in part by an unusually large number of refinery and other supply problems, including a massive explosion and fire on February 16 at Valero’s refinery in McKee, Texas, and a fire on April 27 at a refinery tank farm in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, that burned for several days. The McKee refinery, which restarted to about 50 percent of capacity in mid-April, is not expected to resume full production until late this year. Bloomberg News reported that the Wynnewood operation was expected to restart soon. The EIA reported on April 20 that these and other problems have resulted in reductions of gasoline inventories to levels well below normal for this time of year. Finally, on May 1, terminals in many of the major population centers on the East and West Coasts and in the Midwest were required to start dispensing summer-grade reformulated gasoline, which is more expensive to produce than conventional gasoline. This combination of circumstances could lead to even higher prices later this year as the summer driving season reaches its high point.

Changes in Diesel Fuel and Automotive Technology

Is a diesel-powered car in your future? Don’t be so quick to answer that until you know about the newest developments in diesel fuel and automotive technology. Diesel-fueled automobiles and light trucks have traditionally been only a niche market in the United States. In 2005, diesel vehicles made up just 3.2 percent of the U.S. automobile and light truck market. Although diesel returns better mileage than gasoline – typically 20 to 40 percent more – it also puts more pollutants into the air than does gasoline, in the form of particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide (a contributor to smog). In the early 1980s, U.S. automakers sold diesel cars, but they were slow and loud and produced smoky emissions, and sales were minimal. Since then, U.S. car manufacturers have stayed away from diesel. In recent years, however, Europeans have turned to diesel-powered automobiles in large numbers. Almost half of the new cars sold in Europe are diesel. The higher-quality diesel mandated in Europe has resulted in new engine technology that produces higher mileage and lower pollution than traditional gasoline engines achieve.

Now change is coming to the United States. Since October 2006, new regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) have resulted in a reduction of 97 percent in sulfur from diesel fuel, all the way down from 500 million parts per million (“ppm”) to 15 ppm. As of last October, 80 percent of highway diesel fuel sold in the United States must meet this new ultra-low-sulfur standard, and that number will rise to 100 percent by the year 2010. This ultra-low-sulfur fuel will cut overall emissions in the current fleet of diesel-powered cars by 10 percent. And with engines designed to run with the new fuel being put in service during the 2007 model year, overall emissions will be cut by up to 95 percent from the levels produced by older-technology engines.

Automakers are gearing up to take advantage of this opportunity to design and sell new diesel-powered cars in the United States. Because of their familiarity with low-sulfur diesel, European companies will be the first beneficiaries of this new fuel, but U.S. automakers are not far behind. By 2008, all major automobile producers expect to have a large number of new diesel-powered cars for sale in the United States. There are a number of reasons why the manufacturers expect consumers to gravitate toward diesel. In addition to the greater mileage, diesel-powered engines produce more torque and have greater acceleration than gasoline-powered engines. Diesel-powered cars typically have a higher resale value than their gasoline-fueled counterparts, and they also have greater longevity. With proper maintenance, a diesel engine should last more than 250,000 miles. Diesel engines also have the potential to use biodiesel, which is expected to be a growing renewable source of energy produced from domestic resources.

These changes have not come without a cost. New technology diesel engines may cost $2,000 more than a comparable gasoline engine. Diesel fuel is no longer a lower-quality fuel produced just as a byproduct of gasoline refining, and ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel requires many sophisticated processing steps and higher-quality components similar to those needed for low-polluting gasoline. The Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration estimated in 2001 that refineries would invest between $6 billion and $9 billion to meet the new standards, and that the added cost would be between 4.7 and 7.3 cents per gallon (at a time when fuel costs were significantly lower). Meanwhile, demand for diesel has been growing both in Europe and in the United States. Diesel consumption in the United States increased from 88.6 million to 97.6 million barrels per month between 2004 and 2006, and imports of diesel into the United States grew from 1 million to 2.04 million barrels per month between those years. Higher quality and stronger demand have tended to make diesel more expensive at retail, relative to the price of gasoline.

In addition to the automotive benefits from the switch to ultra-low sulfur diesel, consumers as a whole can also expect substantial health benefits. Particulate emissions can be inhaled and cause lung damage, and also are linked to heart attacks and premature deaths. Some have argued that the adoption of ultra-low-sulfur diesel, with its dramatic reduction in such emissions, is the most important advance in public health coming from improved fuels since the phase-out of leaded gasoline in the early 1990s. The EPA expects that the switch to ultra-low-sulfur diesel will result in annual savings of $150 billion in health care and welfare-related costs, and will reduce premature deaths by 20,000 per year.

The promise of ultra-low-sulfur diesel is great: greater mileage, less pollution, better cars, and health benefits on top. Maybe a diesel car is in your future.