Why diesel fuel is getting more and more expensive.
- From: "Wilbur Hubbard" <wilburhubbard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 14:02:03 -0500
You can blame it on the global warming crowd. In particular, ethanol is
mostly the reason diesel prices are going up fast. How can ethanol be
blamed?
Corn and/or sugar cane is used to make ethanol which is then used as a
gasoline additive. But ethanol is more expensive than gasoline to produce
and has fewer BTUs per liter so it's less efficient. But, the 'greenies'
think ethanol is the way to go and they've managed to convince dumb
politicians to legislate its use. But, it turns out ethanol is NOT the way
to go. It's not because:
1) Using corn and sugar cane for fuel for vehicles causes related food
prices to go up. So people who buy and eat corn, food products made from
corn, sugar and food with sugar added (which is just about everything these
days - just examine your rotten teeth!) etc. are subsidizing ethanol. You're
paying more for food so motorists can have more plentiful supplies of
gasoline to burn in their cars.
2) It takes lots of diesel fuel to plow the fields, plant the corn and cane,
cultivate it to keep the weeds at bay, fertilize it, etc. It takes diesel to
harvest corn and sugar cane. It takes diesel fuel for the distilleries and
for the tanker trucks to transport the ethanol to market.
3) Every product that's transported by trucks (you British blokes call them
lorries, I believe- how quaint?) ends up having higher transport costs
because diesel costs more because more of it is being used to make ethanol.
Chew on that nut when it comes time to fill up your diesel boat's fuel tank.
Wilbur Hubbard
(going out of his way to educate Brits)
.
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