Royce, I agree with your example entirely...the speculation (pure speculation) is that there might be a reason that the end product producers (in this case oil companies/refineries) are charging more for diesel (corn flakes) so that people won't buy diesel vehicles (corn flaskes) and will by gas (rice krispie) vehicles BECAUSE once BioD hits critical mass, we can all pour milk made from soybeans on our corn rather than milk pumped from Saudi Arabia by Texaco.
OK, the analogy is getting crazy...but that's my point. Once 20 million Americans own diesel cars (remember the $4000 tax credit), if those 20 million cars go to BioD in the future (when the price comes down to due increased production economy of scale), then no more money to the oil companies. I'm just speculating on a possible MOTIVE for higher diesel prices in realation to gas. BUT you may be right in that simply there is more demand for diesel right now compared to supply...but it seems ODDLY coincidental with the rapid rise in popularity of BioD and the new diesel models and now the Federal tax break. I think big oil is afraid of diesel becuase of the "spectre" of BioD. Just a theory. Can't prove it, but I think it is logical. Christopher --- Royce Engler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exactly my point...the price of corn is pretty much > set by the commodities > markets. The price of corn flakes is determined by > whatever the market will > bear based on the value added by the people between > the producers and the > consumers. Is it "fair" or "right"? I don't know. > If you artificially > inflate the price of corn in corn flakes, it will > probably just result in > higher prices for corn flakes at the grocery store. > Then people will buy > rice krispies instead of corn flakes, and the price > for corn will go back > down. > > Royce Engler > 1985 300TD Turbo 265K > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > BenzBarn > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 1:59 PM > To: Mercedes mailing list > Subject: Re: [MBZ] price of diesel...interesting > theory... > Importance: Low > > > That's so much bull. > > I grow corn and right now the price for a bushel is > only $2.60 CDN. Do you > know how many boxes of corn flakes one bushel can > make? > > If there's anything is this country more out of > control it's the price > difference paid to producers compared to what > consumers pay. There's less > than 25 cents worth of corn is a large box that > costs over 4 bucks. > > > _______________________________________ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For new parts see www.buymbparts.com > For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > _______________________________________ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For new parts see www.buymbparts.com > For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > Christopher McCann, Raytown, Missouri -1985 300SD, 207K miles, "Wulf" http://don.homelinux.net/mbz/Chris -1976 240D, ManyK miles, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen = Alternative Fuel Test Vehicle) -1998 Toyota Sienna CE, 99K miles, "The Van" ____________________________________________________ Sell on Yahoo! Auctions no fees. Bid on great items. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
