[Vwdiesel] diesel prices

[James Hansen]

My bulk supplier tells me what he was told was that the US refinery system
was running at near capacity before Katrina. It is mostly old, difficult to
upgrade refineries, and not well suited to making ULSD. Once Katrina hit,
12-15% of the diesel refining capacity was removed, and if supply is low,
prices should stay up, which benefits them, and pays for the cost of
upgrades, and additionally give them a good bargaining position to delay the
ULSD implementation a year or two.
-James

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Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 10:34 PM
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Subject: [Vwdiesel] diesel prices


 Scott said

Local fuel market caveats also apply. The situation has stabilized
here, somewhat, in the last few weeks, but earlier last fall, the
differential between gasoline and Diesel fuel was as much as $1.20 per
gallon. Yesterday it was 16 cents. Somewhere around 50 cents a gallon, many
potential buyers get their calculators out and compute per mile fuel costs.
	Essentially, the car is worth what someone is willing to pay for it.
VWDs are a niche market, and in general, potential buyers are a good bit
smarter- and better looking- than the usual tire-kickers.
	Where is the car located?  :)
	HTH,
	Scott Kair

Hey, Talk about a reason to rant. How about the latest fuel price report
from San Jose CA.  Regular $2.35  Mid grade $2.45   Premium  $2.55
Diesel  $2.69 !!!!!!!!!???????   34 cents a gal more than regular?   Some
13% !  Would someone tell me just what the bleep is going on???????  I
thought it was supposed to be cheaper to produce diesel fuel.  Why hasn't
this thing equalized out by now??  Is this going to be more or less a
permanent situation?   We go to a substantial amount of trouble (and
expense) to drive these little diesel cars, only to realize there is little
or no fuel savings (at this point) over driving a regular gas Jetta
(equivalent vehicle).  I know you can use bio sources, but that's a bunch of
time and trouble ($) in itself.   This stuff is starting to really piss me
off.  Rant off.  Doug Ferguson
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