LCDR, Data point: very good. Makes sense as I have read transportation shifts to rail in economic downturns...the refineries would have tweaked their refining for less diesel, now as demand has been lowly rising (as you observe in Charleston), I can see how there really could be a shortage...Oil Co's were too slow on "correcting the correction."
2nd para: good point. It makes it easier to achieve BioD and DinoD "parity", but my point was gasoline/diesel disparity...I wonder, even with the $4,000 tax incentive to buy a new diesel, how many people have NOT bought a diesel b/c of the higher price of diesel fuel (that would still be stupid, though because the difference is made up by the greater economy of diesel vehicles) to say nothing of the $4000 credit on the new vehicle. Makes me want to buy a 320 CDI :-) (want and afford are two different things). Christopher --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Shipmates, > > Here's a datapoint: trucking traffic here in > Charleston SC (major shipping port) has dramatically > increased in the last 6 months, so I'd be willing to > bet that demand is up across the country. When I > moved here in '99, just a few months before the > bubble burst, truck traffic was huge, and it almost > immediately dried up at the crash. It's been slowly > coming back since then, but much more noticably so > in recent months. > > I don't buy the BioD Conspiracy Theory, because it > will encourage BioD producers by providing an easier > price level to 'meet or beat'. BigOil (undoubtably > part of the vast right-wing conspiracy) will then > lose business when existing customers leave, which > hurts a lot more than losing potential future > customers. > > > Very respectfully, > /s/ > LCDR Meade M. Dillon, USNR > 85 300TD 321k miles (Euro 5spd) > '96 Infiniti I30 148k miles (wife's 5spd) > '73 Balboa 20 'Sanctification' > Charleston SC > > "Most men would rather die, than think. Many do." > Bertrand Russell > > > _______________________________________ > 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" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
