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There is no real balancing act, in the US our refineries are set up to produce the MAXIMUM amount of gasoline possible from the crude and the left overs are used to make diesel, kerosene, fuel oil, etc.  In Europe that exact opposite is true.  Their refineries are set up to produce the maximum amount of diesel with gasoline coming in 2nd place.  It isn't the crude, it is the refining process that determines the outcome.  Look what you can do with that nasty tar sands oil that comes from Canada.  Still makes lots of gasoline if run through the right refinery.  Hayden


On Jan 28, 2012, at 2:05 PM, Chris Geiser wrote:

> I seem to remember reading an article on refining that stated there was a
> real balancing act when refining crud oil - that you get gas and diesel in
> the refining process, and that the demand for diesel in Europe and the
> demand for Gasoline in the US balance each other out for those products
> I was under the impression that the balance between those two was what kept
> many of the diesel auto models out of the US, that if the US went a greater
> percentage diesel, that the demand for diesel would outpace supply and the
> price of gas would plummet, making diesel cars further undesireable.
> 
> I have no memory of where I read that, and I don't often see that spoken
> about, so maybe I'm remembering incorrectly...  Any refiners lurking on the
> list??  (or fuel speculators :) ?
> 
> CG
> 

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