Re: GAS!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Billohio</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Oil has dropped a lot to cause it.
Diesel isn't refined as much and should be cheaper. People that need diesel can't just stop using it like a person that can car pool or get on a bus. They are trying semis that run on compressed natural gas and heard problems with that. Our farm equipment is diesel only. Not heard of anything else they are working on. The emissions equipment drove up the costs and now we deal with plugged egr valves, odd emission devices that plug or quit working. All of it runs in heat and soot so it's prone to problems. Some are using urea to burn off soot. Might work but urea will freeze when we're not using the equipment. </div></div>
Having owned a gas station / truck stop for going on 30 years (and working there for 43 years) I can tell you Diesel is refined more than gasoline. 8 / 10 years ago we were selling Diesel fuel that had 5000 parts of sulfur per million per gallon, and now the Ultra low sulfur Diesel we are selling is less than 5 parts of sulfur per million per gallon. This is what has caused the price of Diesel to be more than gasoline. Kind of like comparing Old Crow Wiskey & Gentleman Jack Daniels, the more you refine it the more it costs. I don't ever see Diesel fuel getting below the price of gasoline again.
Happy New Year everyone!
Bill
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