I think modern cruise ships burn diesel now. Bunker fuel was used in steam boilers.
Between the declines in jet fuel (basically high-grade kerosene) and shipping, I would guess there is plenty of diesel at least for the near term. And it sounds like things will be opening up starting soon. Nobody's dying from overloaded hospitals or lack of ventilators, so things should start opening up again (at least in a controlled way). Allan Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > Think of all the huge quantities of bunker fuel or whatever they call it > that all the cruise ships would be burning but are not currently. > > On 4/21/2020 5:55 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >> True, and think of the huge volumes of jet fuel that aren’t being consumed, >> either. Lots of idle time at the refinery… >> >> -D >> >>> On Apr 21, 2020, at 1:16 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I probably wrote this before, but it bears repeating. Sooner or later the >>> refineries will run out of storage for gasoline. When that happens, they >>> will cease production. The refining process can only be skewed a few >>> percent in favor of diesel or gasoline. Depending on the consumption of >>> fuels adjacent to diesel on the cracking spectrum, the availability of >>> diesel fuel could potentially be interrupted. Which, if you receive >>> anything by truck, will be a bit of a glitch in your supply chain. >>> >>> Rick >>> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
