[whereagles]

bluemotion/bluetec technology cuts NOx emissions by a bunch too.

[Gerben]

That E95 Saab looks promising. Diesel technology is efficient. I knew the car manufacturers were working on gasoline powered diesel engines, but this looks even better.

[Tanada]

Diesel at my four local stations is all firmly stuck at $4.29 as it has been for the last three weeks, however I learned yesterday that one of the three stations which also carry Kerosene has it going for $3.99. Now you get around 5% less milage with Kerosene, but it might feel less painful if you fill up from that pump.

[skeptik]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('xarkz', 'd')iesel is cheaper in many countries in europe. Is it subsidized there?

[frankthetank]

Subaru is suppose to be bringing a diesel out. The numbers looked very good.

Diesel still stuck at 4.10 here.

[idomar]

Diesel in central London, within 2 miles from my home:

Dearest: £125.9p per litre
Cheapest: £112.9p per litre

bugger!

[Pholostan]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('skeptik', '
')source for current European prices
http://www.aaroadwatch.ie/eupetrolprices/

[Pholostan]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', '
')I would have to think that those would be some pretty significant mods to get that to work... but I'm the first to confess that engines are not my forte.

[Zardoz]

Costa Mesa, California, this morning.

[Troyboy1208]

Holy shit batman

[Pholostan]

$4.49 a gallon is about 7.12 SEK per liter. Diesel is 12.99 SEK around here. That's $8.20 a gallon folks. Buisness as usual, though there has been some complaining about prices lately. Nothing special though, people always compain about fuel prices. You people still have a long way to go, $4.49 is cheap.

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pholostan', '$')4.49 a gallon is about 7.12 SEK per liter. Diesel is 12.99 SEK around here. That's $8.20 a gallon folks. Buisness as usual, though there has been some complaining about prices lately. Nothing special though, people always compain about fuel prices. You people still have a long way to go, $4.49 is cheap.

[frankthetank]

Diesel actually dropped here...4.05 now.

At least over in Sweden you aren't penalized for using less, or being born to the wrong family or the wrong color.

[DantesPeak]

Like I said before, there has been a worldwide diesel shortage this year. The Economist does a very good job of explaining why:


$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')iesel’s second coming
Apr 4th 2008
From Economist.com

Fact is, there’s a global shortage of the stuff. That’s why, shorn of tax breaks, diesel costs so much more than petrol. Over the past year, the average price of diesel in America has risen by 117%—twice as fast as petrol. While both carry the same taxes in America, diesel now costs 60 to 70 cents a gallon more than regular gas.

With spring in the air, factories, office, stores and homes in the chillier northern half of America will have started to turn down their oil-fired heating systems. Meanwhile, farmers and truckers (big users both of diesel fuel) are in the midst of their slackest season of the year. Couple that with an economy that’s lurching towards recession, and you would be excused for thinking the price of diesel—which comes from the same part of the barrel as heating oil—would now be falling.

Actually, if anything, it’s continuing to rise. That’s because of the burgeoning demand from Europe, China and India.

It doesn’t help that the catalytic crackers used by oil refineries in America are optimised to produce as much petrol as possible—typically about 50% of every barrel. Diesel accounts for only 15% of the rest, with the balance used to produce heating oil, jet fuel, heavy fuel, liquid petroleum gas, asphalt and other products.

Refineries in Europe and elsewhere tend to use hydrocrackers that produce 25% petrol and 25% diesel. They would like to produce more diesel than they currently do, but that would mean producing even more petrol than they need. At present, they export their surplus to America.

[DantesPeak]

Diesel hit new records in the wholesale market today as a major European refiner was hit by a fire. It take through the end of May to repair.

About 200,000 barrels per day of refined products will be lost.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he maintenance shutdown at PL 4 at Porvoo will continue through may
ESPOO, FINLAND--(Marketwire - April 7, 2008) -


The fire that took place at Neste Oil's production line 4 at the Porvoo refinery on Friday 4 April will delay the completion of the line's maintenance shutdown through May. The line, which was commissioned in summer 2007 and concentrates on diesel production, had just been prepared for a planned partial maintenance shutdown prior to the fire. This work was due to take place in April. Lost production resulting from the extended shutdown and the repair costs are expected to total approximately 40 million euros.

The fire was the result of a leakage in a heat exchanger and lasted some 50 minutes. The fire damaged cabling and the table-top of the line's distillation column.

Scheduled maintenance work on other units at the Porvoo refinery will also take place during April. Neste Oil's petroleum product deliveries will not be affected by maintenance work.

[DantesPeak]

Average US price for diesel is now over $4. Not mentioned in the article below is the fact that South America and Europe are now bidding for diesel supplies in the US today, for export, even as new price records in the US are set daily.



$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'G')as Prices Slip, but Could Hit $4
By JOHN WILEN – 1 hour ago

High oil prices have also sent diesel prices higher. Diesel's national average price rose 1.3 cents to $4.02 a gallon on Tuesday, AAA said, within 2 cents of last month's record.

"We'll set a new record this week — probably in the $4.05 to $4.10 a gallon neighborhood," said Tom Kloza, publisher and chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service in Wall, N.J.

Diesel fuel is used to transport most of the world's food, industrial and consumer products, and is one of the reason food prices have risen so sharply this year.

[Tanada]

Gosh this makes me miss the old days when Globalization was an abstract concept and tariff nationalism was commonplace.

[DantesPeak]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', 'G')osh this makes me miss the old days when Globalization was an abstract concept and tariff nationalism was commonplace.

[Mechler]

Any speculation on the long term trend of diesel vs. unleaded? I'm starting to think that buying a new VW TDI might not be such a great idea.

Can the refiners easily switch production from one fuel to another? I think Pup mentioned once that the answer is "no".

Screw it - I'm just gonna my drive my cars into the ground and then ride my bike.

[DantesPeak]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Mechler', 'A')ny speculation on the long term trend of diesel vs. unleaded? I'm starting to think that buying a new VW TDI might not be such a great idea.

Can the refiners easily switch production from one fuel to another? I think Pup mentioned once that the answer is "no".

Screw it - I'm just gonna my drive my cars into the ground and then ride my bike.