Another factor in the rising cost of fuel is because the dollar is the worlds reserve currency, and oil is bought/sold in dollars, oil costs more when the dollar is devalued. The biggest reason why America has been able to access cheaper energy than the rest of the world is because we get to buy oil in dollars, while Germany, for example, has to buy dollars before it can buy oil. With the era of the dollar nearing an end and multiple countries calling for an end of the dollar as the reserve currency, we are only getting a taste of whats coming.
Shawn near Columbus
'84 300D
143k
From: bgiovan <bgiovan@cavtel.net>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, May 1, 2011 11:29:30 AM
Subject: RE: [diesel_mercedes] Re: fuel
This thread has taken more turns than a hooker on Saturday night. Thank you from resurrecting it from politics. I get enough of that tired meme in my daily life. Come here to hide.
Ben near Detroit .
From: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com [mailto: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Alan Boucher
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 8:11 AM
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: fuel
On 4/30/2011 11:38 PM, ygmir111 wrote:
interesting, thanks Conrad.
Seems we may be zeroing in on a fuel stabilizer formula?
----- Original Message -----
From: "bobthevan" <conrad.jacoby@gmail.com>
To: <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 6:46 PM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: fuel
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Mark Atkins <mratkins@...> wrote:
> Naphtha is sold a paint thinner, "Zippo" fuel, charcoal starter, etc.
> and is the product referenced as "petroleum distillates" in a lot of
> other products. It is a generic term for a product with a boiling range
> of 100 degrees (+/-) to <400 degrees. What that means is that it is
> typically a "gasoline" consistency material that has not been "cracked".
>
> Check out your paint aisle in Home Depot, Lowe's, etc. for thinners that
> say the ingredients are "naphtha".
Isn't old-school Coleman stove/lantern fuel (aka "white gasoline") also
naphtha? If I remember correctly, Coleman's official position is that the
fuel burns cleaner than regular unleaded gasoline because it doesn't have
the additives and cracked hydrocarbons in it that can leave residue. Your
local WalMart may carry "Ozark Trails" brand Coleman-compatible fuel, if you
want to save a few additional bucks over brand-name product. However, I
noticed that the Walmart I happened to visit today no longer stocks it,
though they did have small jugs of Coleman brand fuel. Me, I buy the stuff
by the gallon when I do. It has an official shelf life of 5-7 years before
denaturing, and I know people who have used much older fuel than that.
--Conrad J.
On a somewhat related topic the April 18 Issue of Business Week Has an article titled "The Battle Royale for Super Corn which addresses the ethanol issue.
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