Read a good article in a business mag recently. There are issues with diesel and USA. It seems that because of our processing of crude, we don't make a lot of diesel (has to do with our method). We are actually importing it from foreign source; primarily Europe. So, it doesn't reduce our dependancy on foreign oil at all and takes the refining to foreign sources. It takes about 10 years of redtape to bring new refineries online to correct this.

Add to this that domestic and regional (Canada) crude oil sources are starting to come online (others too like China and Russia). They weren't cost effective until gas hit near $3.00/gal. Now they are and they'll be supplying a lot of crude to the US. Middle East will probably stabilize the price like they did last time to maintain our dependancy instead of shifting it to other sources. So we'll have the crude, but not the diesel refineries.

Bottom line was don't buy a diesel because you think it will be cheaper due to higher gas mileage. Diesel already cost more than premium, and is anticipated to continue rising as we become more dependant on importing diesel from foreign sources. Gas on the other hand is refined here in the US and is anticipated to plateau soon when the Middle East sees orders shifting to other countries.

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• Is it hard being green?, Noel, Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:10:36
  • yes, but necessary, Aero'ed, Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:12:01
  • I have no interest in "being green", CarterB, Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:02:29
    • ahh, infinite resources and no cause-effect, Aero'ed, Tue, 8 Apr 2008 20:31:47
      • Not really..., CarterB, Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:16:42
  • Carbon vs hunger..., Mike Lynch , Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:45:45
    • Ethanol as a fuel source, AdamB , Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:48:17
    • Mostly agree..., Noel, Tue, 8 Apr 2008 17:11:38
      • Change IS normal..., dSPG89, Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:45:53
        • Re: Change IS normal..., Caarma , Tue, 8 Apr 2008 20:54:44
          • Make that Human-caused change is normal..., Noel, Wed, 9 Apr 2008 05:17:51
            • Naturally occurring change is normal too, Caarma , Wed, 9 Apr 2008 06:54:02
              • Yes, naturally occurring change is normal too., Noel, Wed, 9 Apr 2008 08:45:04
                • Well spoken both...., dSPG89, Wed, 9 Apr 2008 16:08:16
                  • Re: Well spoken both...., Noel, Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:21:44
    • The answer to being green and feeding the hungry..., Caarma , Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:00:03
  • Some great answers here. Thanks., Noel, Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:52:03
  • Kermit's fingers..., Mike Lynch , Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:01:44
    • Re: Kermit's fingers..., Noel, Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:52:58
  • depends on just how green you are talking..., nicknick , Tue, 8 Apr 2008 08:31:13
  • Buying new products versus keeping old ones, Caarma , Tue, 8 Apr 2008 07:57:49
  • Really hard in my opinion, Wasabi, Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:42:38
    • Re: Really hard in my opinion, cfishgo, Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:44:35 <-- Viewing This Message
      • Yes and no, patm, Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:02:07
        • I know a guy with a Merc E350 that, Noel, Wed, 9 Apr 2008 15:14:48
          • What year/generation?, Caarma , Wed, 9 Apr 2008 15:29:05
            • Not sure. Recent model though, as he, Noel, Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:30:55
    • Re: Really hard in my opinion, Mattias.se, Tue, 8 Apr 2008 06:23:40
    • Re: Really hard in my opinion - lonish, xhawksaab, Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:29:47
  • Greater Good, OKSaabs, Mon, 7 Apr 2008 09:16:54
    • Re: Greater Good, EGD , Mon, 7 Apr 2008 15:27:06
      • Re: Greater Good, EGD , Mon, 7 Apr 2008 16:00:40
  • Re: Is it hard being green?, jp, Mon, 7 Apr 2008 08:17:49
  • Re: Is it hard being green?, Nick Taliaferro , Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:16:43
    • Similar, Mike NY, Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:07:24

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