Would be interesting to read a report of the global fuel refining/shipping/buying/selling situation. I forgot about planes...but I think flying is down...maybe same situation as LCDR explained - down and rebounding, but refineries need to reconfigure back to pre-downturn diesel arrangement.
Christopher --- Bob DuPuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well my ill informed understanding is that a given > barrel of crude > will only produce so much of each desired fraction, > unless the refiner > rally pushes hard and does some complex more > expensive cracking of the > hydrocarbons. That being said we dieselers are > competing with the home > heating oil users and the jet fuel users. In europe > over half of the > new cars sold are diesels. With only cars using the > gasoline portion > of each barrel it is realatively cheaper. Those darn > europeans are > using up our share of the cheap diesel and sending > their left over > stinky gas here on the cheap. > > Bob DuPuy > Down to 1 SDL 1 D and two Mogs > > _______________________________________ > 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/
