There's a book out that addresses the issue of conclusions based on limited observations, both good and bad. The name of the book is "Blink"...I don't remember the author. I'm listening to it on cd from Audible.com. Anyway, it gives lots of examples of good and bad decisions that were made based on seeing only part of the data sample. I don't think any of us has enough facts to fully comprehend the cause and effect.
Oh, well. Royce -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christopher McCann Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 3:25 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: RE: [MBZ] OT price of corn flakes...interesting theory... 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 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/ _______________________________________ 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
