One point of view regarding alcohol as a vehicle fuel is that it will cause competition for food grains, causing shortages and increased grain prices. Sorry, no documentation.
James-Osbourne: Holmes -----Original Message----- From: Ode Coyote [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>An alternative suggestion (off topic) Actually, pipeline shipments are sent to different tank farms via the same pipe but seperated by a volume of water and switched to the proper farm. So, you do buy Mobile gas that has been produced by Mobile refinery. However, independent gas stations can buy from whoever is the cheapest [they don't do refining]...so... boycotting one producer will drive the price down only for that producer who will then sell to an independent at a discount, who will sell more and drive the price back up. The difference almost never exceeds a few cents. It's a highly competitive market with a captive demand. They can't lose as long as you drive a guzzler. The market just shifts around a little. Time to go to renewable fuel sources such as biomass alchohol [or entirely different technonolgies.] That'll decentralize production and give the farmers a boost too. But... the only way that'll happen is if fossil fuels lose their economic advantage...which is what is happening. Whether we like it or not, fossil fuels are a fossil technology destined to become scarce just as demand peaks. Ken At 08:00 AM 5/3/01 GMT, you wrote: >On Wed, 2 May 2001 23:04:03 -0400, "spiroflx" ><[email protected]> wrote: > >>Perhaps you also have come to the conclusion that the current escalation of >>gas prices is a concerted plan on the part of the oil companies --- a >>monopolistic power play, pure and simple. > <snip> >>Here is the simple and doable idea. For the rest of the year 2001, just >>don't purchase gasoline from the biggest gasoline company in the world. >>This company is comprised of two companies --- EXXON and MOBIL. > >Won't work. > >First off, Exxon and Mobil don't even have stations in many parts of >the country (in my part of Iowa, for example). > >Second, Exxon/Mobil and other large refiners send their gasoline to >tank farms which then supply most of the local stations. Variations >in gasoline brand are made by adding substances to the gasoline at the >time the tank truck is filled or when the underground tanks at the >stations are filled. > >IOW, unless you know exactly which company fills the tank farms you >won't know who supplies the gas for your local station. > >So ... there's no way to boycott just one company. > >-- Dean -- from (almost) Des Moines -- KB0ZDF > > >-- >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > >To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: >[email protected] -or- [email protected] >with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] >Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
