I saw $1.99 Diesel yesterday. On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 11:56 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote:
> Speaking of low demand I've actually seen diesel prices start to sink. > They sat at $2.59 from basically the beginning of the year. Gas prices fell > $0.30 while diesel held constant. > Recently I've seen diesel as low as $2.39. An annoyingly slow drop but its > about time. > -Curt > > On Friday, September 18, 2020, 8:19:00 PM EDT, Clay via Mercedes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > We may be heading to the promised land of hydrogen. The current viral > unrest has caused a depression in fossil fuel demand, with a decrease in > value. With fuel hanging around $40 bbl there is no incentives to sink > funding into production, exploration, or delivery. Long term outlook is > for continued very low demand for refining. As the sale price goes up, the > idled production comes back online which further depresses the prices. It > is barely break even to produce normal oil at $40, let alone shale or more > complex plays. Gas prices should remain down until refinery closes down > and makes pump prices rise, but there is no way for that to translate to > the rig pricing. > > All the glut of oil may be a prime time to crack the hydrogen out of it > and fill tanks with water producing eco fuel. Except the price for energy > to crack it will go up. > > > clay > > “I think it’s time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our > history, about our traditions, and about our culture, and we stop this > general bout of self-recrimination and wetness.” > > B. Johnson > 01/09/2020 > > > On Sep 18, 2020, at 3:03 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > The problem with the diesels and NOx is that it's not possible to meet > the standard. With ANY diesel engine. Bad standard, as the NOx isn't all > that much worse than what's produced by gasoline engines, which also > produce quite a bit of particulate pollution. > > > > The real solution for clean air is to turn the clock back to the 1930s, > when we had integrated communities with work, schools, stores, and > professional services close by and intelligent urban design that moved > large numbers of people the same direction at the same time. > > > > We allowed GM, Standard Oil, and Goodyear Rubber to addict us to driving > all time, which I'm coming to intensely dislike. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ 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
