The Price of Diesel
Moderator: Fatmobile
But who knows what the price of anything is going to be in time. If we could tell that, we'd all be better off and probably not working. Maybe some other technology comes along so fast and works so well that the price of crude oil plummets down to $20-30 a barrel. Who knows, I sure don't. I still heat the house with fuel oil and about 4 years ago, started filling my main and second tank in the middle of the winter because the price was so good and the speculation for the summer was for higher prices. It never used to be that way.
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- Turbo Charger
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I wouldn't bank on oil price going down anytime soon. The cheap conventional oil has peaked along time ago. The more expensive stuff tar and shale will be apposed by environmentalisms and cost even more. But every body likes to breath. This is real simplistic view but when you throw in geopolitical problems there are more negatives then positives.
99 TDI Jetta (Z1 engine code)
94 Grand Caravan
89 Dodge Gold Stream B class
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94 Grand Caravan
89 Dodge Gold Stream B class
http://www.antiquedollhouseofpatterns.ca/
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- Diesel Freak
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Good news for alternative energy people. Alot of jurisdictions are implementing windfall profit taxes. Alaska, Alberta, Newfoundland, Russia, etc. Its an easy sell with the people. Big bad oil. They are making huge profits and putting a lot of it into drilling with diminishing returns. Shell found 1.6% less, Exxon 6.5%, etc. Now a bunch of cities have banned together the boycott tar sands dirty oil. The response. A pipe line is being proposed across the Canadian Rockies to deliver dirty oil right to China. I can see more spikes in the oil price as the U.S. has to buy more oil off its enemies. Maybe another war would be a good idea or the U.S. become a leader in alternative energy.
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99 TDI Jetta (Z1 engine code)
94 Grand Caravan
89 Dodge Gold Stream B class
http://www.antiquedollhouseofpatterns.ca/
94 Grand Caravan
89 Dodge Gold Stream B class
http://www.antiquedollhouseofpatterns.ca/
Here it's still about 10 cents more a litre than gas (better than 20 cents more like it has been). It's making it a lot cheaper to run the diesel instead of the gasser again (when it was 20 cents more they pretty well evened out). It's given me incentive to get my diesel back on the road ASAP.Hexar wrote:filled up a tank today @ $1.19/L, gas at $1.32/L at the same station. Seems diesel is cheaper now?
1985 Diesel Coupe 755,000 kms (now dead at 756,498 kms)
1989 GLI
1971 VW Pickup
1995 Golf CL
1989 GLI
1971 VW Pickup
1995 Golf CL
I sure hope diesel gets cheaper, there are alot more diesel rigs on the road with TONS more coming in 2010 such as GM's new in house built detroit diesel 4.4L v8 with valley side exahust! YUp, no manifolds-
Good times ahead!
Good times ahead!
90' Toyota X cab 4x4
02' Honda civic
85' VW Golf Diesel Project
95' dodge 12v cummins
13' VW Passat TDI DSG
02' Honda civic
85' VW Golf Diesel Project
95' dodge 12v cummins
13' VW Passat TDI DSG
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Be careful if your traveling to Northern Alberta. They had a fire at the Shell refinery in Fort Saskatchewan. They supply Flying J and a lot of others besides the Shell stations so try and keep your tank topped up if your in the area. I think I'll take some gas cans if I get called out to the area. It will probably give them another reason to raise the price.
99 TDI Jetta (Z1 engine code)
94 Grand Caravan
89 Dodge Gold Stream B class
http://www.antiquedollhouseofpatterns.ca/
94 Grand Caravan
89 Dodge Gold Stream B class
http://www.antiquedollhouseofpatterns.ca/