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Wetzel 03-10-2006 23:26

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Originally Posted by BobC
What I want to know is why does Diesel cost so much more than gasoline. Yet it cost 30% less to make diesel than it does gasoline. Why does the price of a gallon of fuel go up the day after the price of a barrel of oil go up on the open market. Yet it takes for ever for the price to come down. I can tell you how much diesel fuel went up between 2004 and 2005.

I drove appox. 59,000 miles in 2004
I drove appox. 60,000 miles in 2005

THE COST OF FUEL ???

2004 was $12,000
2005 was $18,000

Diesel in northern Virginia used to be cheaper than regular gasoline. At some point in the past two years or so, diesel switched to a low sulfur formula that caused the price to jump above the cost of premium gasoline. American gas, pretax, is some of the most expensive in the world, but it is also some of the cleanest burning gas in the world.

Environmentalism can be expensive, but the alternative could be much more costly.

Wetzel

BobC 04-10-2006 15:41

Re: pic: Ethanol powered car from GM
 
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Originally Posted by sanddrag
Geez. Where do you go every day?

My job. I own my own truck and drive about 1200 to 1500 miles in a 5 day work week. I know it is that mush because I have to get oil change every six thousand miles which happens about every four to five weeks.

Tomasz Bania 06-10-2006 17:11

Re: pic: Ethanol powered car from GM
 
I live right across from the General Motors Technical Center in Warren,MI and we have 2 E85 stations within a mile and 18 in the Metro Detroit Area. Right now the price is $1.95 a gallon. If you calculate fuel mileage through and all that, you really don't save much. Although at the pump it's 10 cents less than regular, fuel economy is worse.

Just dropping some info.

Tomasz Bania

P.S. I am planning on getting an E85 SUV soon (not for the savings since their is none, but just to be cleaner)


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