Research where our diesel come from. You might be in for a surprise...
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Hint. Canada. Not Russia or anywhere else where were hated. 55 percent is oil sand. Turned into kerosene. Then ultra low sulphur diesel. So why is diesel so expensive? Good question...
We have old refineries that were designed for dirty crude from the middle east. We have limited capacity to refine our own crude. The pipeline construction progress was stopped. It was far from complete. Our system was designed to produce fuel from crude purchased elsewhere. Why? Because it was cheaper. Purely economics. And who is in control of that? The oil companies.
Canada you say... you mean where a certain pipeline connecting Canada to the gulf was cancelled ? You know the pipeline they claimed wouldn’t affect prices... that Canada?
Not entirely. Oil companies only have so much control on that. Government imposed environmental rules affect way more than you realize. For example, sure the oil companies are not using all the drilling permits available. Why? Because the government sets the limits of total barrels per day that all oil companies combined have to adhere too. My boss is a petro engineer and worked on automating fracking operations in North Dakota for a few years. So if a company hits their daily quota, even if they have unused drilling permits, they can’t tap another line
You mean the keystones XL? Research please. All it was going to do was make a shortcut for heavy crude for making plastic. Xport limited. XL. Exported outside America....
Yep. It was just another pipeline.
Evening all. Mid 80 here, haven’t started my diesel truck since I got back from Texas. It’s up to 5.95 here.
The cost of getting oil out of the ground hasnt changed. Let that sink in. This whole price of gas/diesel thing is a scam.
And on a lighter note, had a nice evening. I cant understand why everybody likes my truck so much.
Spent... pushed through to be done. The Valiant may actually rest on its own tires next weekend!
Yep Tina, Wonder Woman has the same problem . logged out once. Tried to log on. User not found so after three days trying she gave up.
It's a conspiracy I tell ya!
All the time.
Good morning everyone. Sunrise on the way in today.
Red sky in the morning is a Sailors warning
Good Morning All! Started a backread and got pretty far before realizing it was in 2020 lol!
I will add that I hadn't started drinking my first cup : ) Shoulda been suspicious when I saw Princess Valiant AND GDaddy in the posts lol! I don't know why my bookmark comes up there sometimes.
Same here.almost daily.
Morning Ray
I finally got my wheel spacers in for my Kubota, will now be able to run chains on the rears w/o rubbing this winter. The rear tires are filled with beet juice or chemical for stability, weigh 4-5 hundred pounds each so will have to figure out a safe way to jack up tractor and slide them off one at a time. Have extended stud kit to add as well.
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