Diesel prices
Mountain Pass
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From: Northern IN
I just got back from Ecuador, where I was for the last 10 days. There diesel fuel is subsidized by the government, and it sells for $1.02 to $1.04 per US gallon! And regular unleaded is $1.45 and Super is $2.12. Obviously, at that price about 1/2 the vehicles on the road are diesels.
The government also subsidizes LP gas prices, and it sells for only $0.25 per gallon because it is used everywhere for cooking, etc, as they don't have any natural gas. LP gas is subsidized so that it is affordable and the natives don't cut down the remaining trees for firewood.
And Chevy sells a beautful little truck down their called the Chevy Luv in a 4 door club cab version with a turbo diesel. Pretty sure it is an Isuzu, and there are thousands of them there. Most of them are 4x4's, as it is a rough country. I didn't look under the hood of one, but I'm pretty sure these would still be the mechanical fuel injector engines, which is why they wouldn't meet the U.S.'s clean air standards and aren't sold here.
I would love to get my hands on one of these in the States though. I wonder if one could be imported and driven legally in the US?
The government also subsidizes LP gas prices, and it sells for only $0.25 per gallon because it is used everywhere for cooking, etc, as they don't have any natural gas. LP gas is subsidized so that it is affordable and the natives don't cut down the remaining trees for firewood.
And Chevy sells a beautful little truck down their called the Chevy Luv in a 4 door club cab version with a turbo diesel. Pretty sure it is an Isuzu, and there are thousands of them there. Most of them are 4x4's, as it is a rough country. I didn't look under the hood of one, but I'm pretty sure these would still be the mechanical fuel injector engines, which is why they wouldn't meet the U.S.'s clean air standards and aren't sold here.
I would love to get my hands on one of these in the States though. I wonder if one could be imported and driven legally in the US?
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Yet another tragic oil story with BP Oil. Nothing like finding out their oil pipeline needs serious repairs and shorting the nation of 400,000 barrels a day huh. Supposed to raise oil $10.00 a barrel. What are we gonna do about this...................
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From: Bossier City, LA
Originally Posted by Rwalker29
Yet another tragic oil story with BP Oil. Nothing like finding out their oil pipeline needs serious repairs and shorting the nation of 400,000 barrels a day huh. Supposed to raise oil $10.00 a barrel. What are we gonna do about this...................
Ryan
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From: Bossier City, LA
Originally Posted by KubotaOrange76
that oil gets sold to japan because of the high sulfur content doesnt it?
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it is more expensive, but when the EPA bitches about new oil exploration we are stuck with what we got. And to answer you question MRXLH, no i wouldnt rather it be another Exxon Valdez, but i find it quite funny that everything raises the damn price of oil. Seems that if some one sneezes wrong the prices go up. ITs getting harder and harder to be able to own a decent vehicle, much less drive it. why is it that when prices are driven up, Diesel is the first to rise and rises the most? Still cant figure that one out. Hopefully this war wil come to an end and help us out also, but i dont see that happening anytime soon.
Another thing, if we were able to reifine heavy crude we would be in a better position, righ tnow our refineries are only able to refine light crude, but hopefully whoever is trying to build a heavy crude refinery in Arizona gets approved to do so, then we can see some prices go down a bit.
Another thing, if we were able to reifine heavy crude we would be in a better position, righ tnow our refineries are only able to refine light crude, but hopefully whoever is trying to build a heavy crude refinery in Arizona gets approved to do so, then we can see some prices go down a bit.
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Well I just noticed as of today (8-9-06) here in Wild-oming, that diesel is 50 cents per gallon higher than unleaded regular gasoline! Perhaps it's time to put the diesels in mothballs and restore the old gasser pickup?