The war in Iraq and fuel
03-17-2008, 04:19 PM
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I read somewhere this weekend that when we started this war w/ Iraq oil was $30 per barrell. I havent verified to see if entirely true but I am sure probably fairly accurate given the source of the information. Cant rexactly recall the source but it wasnt something like Teen Beat or the National Enquirer 
or some BS publication.
or some BS publication.
03-17-2008, 04:38 PM
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I was reading that diesel is cheaper than gas in Europe because they distill fuel using hydrocracking of the crude, where we use catalytic cracking. Our way makes something like 35% gas, 10% diesel and the balance in jet fuel, light fuel oil, home heating oil, heavy fuel oil and some other stuff I can't remember. The Europanese use hydrocracking, and it produces @ 25% gas and 25% diesel and blah blah other oil we don't burn in our trucks blah blah, which is a better ratio for us oilburners.
The guy who wrote the article said if we had green lights across the board, it'd take a minimum of 5 years to retrofit our refineries to do it the European way.
The guy who wrote the article said if we had green lights across the board, it'd take a minimum of 5 years to retrofit our refineries to do it the European way.
03-19-2008, 02:52 PM
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That wouldnt surprise me.. we have this weird thing going for gasoline instead of diesel here in the US. Theres supposedly even processes in place to convert ULSD to gasoline. talk about screwey priorities. I mean, what powers the trucks and trains that ship your goods?
The time is ripe for some alternative fuels.. algae biodiesel!
The time is ripe for some alternative fuels.. algae biodiesel!
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