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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by csxengineer98</i> <br /><br />oh yea..also..you have to keep in mind..that gas and diesel are not the same thing by a long shot.... gas is even more refind then disel fuel is..so it costs more to produce... <br />csx engineer <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Due to the recent federal mandates to produce very low sulphur diesel fuels, the refining process can actually be more costly than for gasoline. I know the refineries had to install millions of $$ of equipment, and special hydrogen generators to feed the process. <br /> <br />The other kicker is that a lot of diesel is no longer created by the distallation process, but by using catalytic "crackers" to create the molcules they want. These are not as stable as the older diesels, and as a result the diesel can go "bad" in as little as 3 months after refining, and seldom will last more than 6 months. <br /> <br />Mark in Utah
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