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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:01 PM Original message |
Why is diesel more expensive than gas? |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. diesel always seems to be close to the price of gasoline. diesel |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. I Think It Has To Do With Yields |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Fuel costs aside, don't diesel engines just last longer? |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. That Sounds Right |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I live in an area of wheat and beef production |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. there is also a 'user fee' on diesel at the pump- and not only does deisel |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Yes they do last longer |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Government also checks fuel tanks of cars & trucks for red fuel |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 02:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yep |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Been waiting for that to start. There will be a day, and not to far off, |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Actually... |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Two reasons |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thought it had something to do w/natural gas |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. all I know is that diesel doesn't evaporate as fast as gas |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. On the good side |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Didn't used to be so |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. If the damn hippies would let us hunt whales for kerosene... |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. kerosene?? blubber maybe, but kerosene??? |
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sojourner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. prices for diesel used to trail that of gasoline by |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. it is winter- people need #2 heating oil- and without it they freeze |
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