I do not understand why they don't make more diesel, and why diesel is more expensive than normal car fuel, as it needs less refinement. Of course if they make less they can keep the price up, but I live in a neighborhood with lots of truckers and I feel sorry for them, it costs so much to keep their 18 wheels running! (been trucking with hubby for a while as well, now retired)
The US doesn't have surge capacity. Locally it could produce more, but country wide it would be a drop in the bucket. Quality and type of oil to refine also come into play. Basically the US offshored most of the refining to China and Russia
Thank you JP, I always enjoy your articles, alarming or not, always informative, you’re right we live in interesting times, buckle up. 😞
The goal is always to be informative, perhaps instigating curiosity, but never to be depressing, I fail a lot on this step 😢
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I have no control over that it is all stripe, you are not alone sadly.
Appreciate you at least trying, thank you very much.
I do not understand why they don't make more diesel, and why diesel is more expensive than normal car fuel, as it needs less refinement. Of course if they make less they can keep the price up, but I live in a neighborhood with lots of truckers and I feel sorry for them, it costs so much to keep their 18 wheels running! (been trucking with hubby for a while as well, now retired)
The US doesn't have surge capacity. Locally it could produce more, but country wide it would be a drop in the bucket. Quality and type of oil to refine also come into play. Basically the US offshored most of the refining to China and Russia