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To: Yellow Rose of Texas

I did not see diesel fuel listed?


16 posted on 09/04/2005 7:14:18 PM PDT by fallujah-nuker (Daimler Chrysler's ride is fly, so I won't buy)
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To: fallujah-nuker
Diesel is counted as gasoline
19 posted on 09/04/2005 7:41:19 PM PDT by Yellow Rose of Texas (Freeper amom will be reporting live from BRLA)
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To: fallujah-nuker

"Diesel is counted as gasoline"

I googled it and found that distillate includes both diesel fuel and heating oil.
http://www.cars.com/carsapp/national/?srv=parser&act=display&tf=/features/truthabout/gas/production1.tmpl

This link shows consumption of oil by sectors of the economy, transportation consumes over 60% so it is reasonable to focus on that.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/analysis_publications/oil_market_basics/Dem_image_US_cons_sector.htm

I think much of the feedstocks could use other inputs (e.g. coal) but oil is used since we have other products left over. We have not built a new refinery in nearly 30 years, so we do not have state of the art today. It is possible to turn nearly all a barrel of oil into gasoline, but that means newer refineries.


26 posted on 09/04/2005 10:18:47 PM PDT by fallujah-nuker (Daimler Chrysler's ride is fly, so I won't buy)
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