Date:         Sun, 24 Apr 2005 17:54:17 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Diesel Fuel vs Gasoline
In-Reply-To:  <426C14B4.2080102@charter.net>
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John,

I run a diesel and a waterboxer but drive the diesel because it's still
cheaper.

I'm going to stick my neck and and say that the current price positions
are temporary. When summer driving starts and all those gas hogs start
rolling, gas will go up.

Demand for home heating oil competes directly with diesel fuel, and not
gasoline, because the former come from the same type of crude oil. The
long winter in the north cause the demand for heating oil to carry over
longer into the spring, so there is less supply for diesel. The supply
should increase, and the price should fall, when the double-demand for
diesel fuel and heating oil is alleviated by warm weather.

And then there's the fact the we all know it's just so much gouging
because the oil companies can do it. The oil that the current prices
are based on is still on the tanker, headed our way.

Besides, when there's NO GAS at the pump (I believe we both lived
through that didn't we?) you can always go to the grocery store if you
just have to get somewhere--if you have a diesel. You can't count out
that fear factor for having a diesel, no matter how unrealistic the
biodiesel scenario might be for the average person.

Jim


On Apr 24, 2005, at 4:50 PM, John Rodgers wrote:

> Can anyone tell me why one would w3ant to got to the trouble and
> expense
> of installing a diesel in their van vs staying with a goline engine????
>
> Gasoline here in my are can be bouth at $2.08.9/gal. , while diesel
> costs $2.25.9/gal.
>
> Sure doesn't look like much incentive for going diesel.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
> Chelsea, AL
>