Talking to an Audi rep, and Diesels in the US

[DGraber460 at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/12/2006 7:55:07 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
hypereutectic1 at gmail.com writes:

What's *really* surprising to me right now, is that even what seems  like the
old, high-sulfur Diesel is more expensive than Gasoline in most  places.
Diesel used to be, frankly, the piss of the refinery product, and I  can
understand why refining ultra-low-sulfur Diesel is more expensive, but  if
that is true, why is "conventional" diesel so high?

Something is  going on in the economics of diesel fuel refining that I don't
completely  understand.  If we want to switch over to low-sulfur fuel, and
see  more TDI cars (which I do) it's strange to me that the high-sulfur stuff
is  even more expensive than gasoline given that it is easier to  refine.





There in lies the one thing no one has mentioned. We are not going to be  
saving large sums of money with any of these changes/advancements.
You double your fuel economy- they double the price.
You find a low cost fuel (bio-diesel)- someone will find a way to make a  lot 
of money selling it.
Free enterprise. Price follows demand!
 
Dennis
Denver