Diesel Boycott 4/1/08
03-31-2008, 04:59 PM
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"U.S. diesel prices have jumped 84.5 percent in a year to $3.28 a gallon – compared to the jump in gasoline prices of 78 percent to about $2.97 a gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
The surge in diesel prices follows a move by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandating a cleaner form of the fuel which is more costly to produce and which is also more readily exportable to the European market and other diesel-hungry regions.
“You do have areas of the world, like Europe, where the passenger car fleet is heavily weighted to diesel,” said Kevin Lindemar, an analyst with Global Insight in Massachusetts.
Before the cleaner diesel mandate, much of the diesel produced in the United States fell far short of European fuel specifications, which meant the fuel tended to stay in the United States, keeping stockpiles full and prices low."
Link to full article. There are others. - http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/b...l-demand-.html
The surge in diesel prices follows a move by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandating a cleaner form of the fuel which is more costly to produce and which is also more readily exportable to the European market and other diesel-hungry regions.
“You do have areas of the world, like Europe, where the passenger car fleet is heavily weighted to diesel,” said Kevin Lindemar, an analyst with Global Insight in Massachusetts.
Before the cleaner diesel mandate, much of the diesel produced in the United States fell far short of European fuel specifications, which meant the fuel tended to stay in the United States, keeping stockpiles full and prices low."
Link to full article. There are others. - http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/b...l-demand-.html
03-31-2008, 05:10 PM
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2003ram the atricle you poasted was interesting. I wonder who is right in their information. The IEA (International Energy Admin) says that US is exporting <15ppm diesel and the EIA (Energy Information Admin) shows US NOT exporting ANY <15ppm diesel. I did some investigating and found that since 2006 we have been exporting >15ppm diesel and has really jumped the EXPORTING of the >15ppm diesel. So running the numbers US in January imported 10 million barrels of ULSD and consumed 96 million barrels. But exporting of higher ppm diesel really spiked since August of last year and in January 10 million barrels of higher stuff went out. The countries getting the bulk were Canada, Mexico, Cile, Brazil, Jamaca, japan and the Netherlands. Interesting, SanDiego could have just gotten the 15ppm mixed up, still I didn't know the exporting of the higher sulfer diesel now is about 10% of production.
03-31-2008, 05:58 PM
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Plus it saves a bundle of what little disposable income I have to get screwed at the Supermarket or elsewhere....
03-31-2008, 09:57 PM
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its not gonna work everyone is either gonna buy the day before or day after and plus ambulances fire trucks and truckers fed ex ups EVERYTHING ran on diesel needs to boycott........but hell its worth a shot ill give it a try its my birthday plan on drinking and having a sober driver anyways 
so it will be sitting in the drive way anyways
so it will be sitting in the drive way anyways
04-01-2008, 07:26 AM
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Truckers here In Pa had a convoy to the capitol in Harrisburg yesterday to protest the high diesel prices. They said they might do something nationally. We shall see.
04-01-2008, 10:58 AM
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I just saw on the news this morning that the independant truckers make up almost 90% of the trucks on the road. Is that a true statement??? I figured it would be much less than that.
04-01-2008, 03:49 PM
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yeah lets get a convoy going to the capital, driving poor mpg vehicles, that use DIESEL guess i missed where driving diesel vehicles to protest will show them!
park every semi where it sits for a week and see who listens
guess i missed where driving diesel vehicles to protest will show them! park every semi where it sits for a week and see who listens
04-01-2008, 06:45 PM
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OK, let's say that we got "them" to listen to the diesel-buying public.
What EXACTLY are we asking them to do?
Short of nuking China and India, not much can curb the rising demand for diesel...
What EXACTLY are we asking them to do?
Short of nuking China and India, not much can curb the rising demand for diesel...
04-01-2008, 06:54 PM
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Well, if the US is going to take care of it's own, then the price of exported fuel needs to go up, high enough for the other countries to consider another source. At this point, I think a cap on fuel prices needs to be considered, and someone way up higher on the ladder than I has to push for it.
