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Negative priced crude oil. Time to build a home refinery? :)
I wonder if that unprecedented nosedive in crude prices will have a knock-on effect on oil derivatives such as phenol and other aromatics products…
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I want to get a crude oil operated electric generator. And a really big oil tank...
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Doesn't crude burn terribly?
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Look into the old M35 2 1/2 ton trucks with the multi fuel engine. IIRC, they can burn crude as their main fuel, as well as just about any other
liquid in the world.
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There's always the old crude oil engine.
Later known as the semi-diesel, it's some strange 2-stroke engine that runs at like 200-400 RPM and has no electrical system whatsoever.
They're started by compressed air and the glow plugs were heated with a blowtorch before starting.
They're very heavy for the horsepower, but last pretty much forever.
I think they were used in some early Monterey trawlers.
They were said to run on just about anything, including melted lard.
https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/images/51/851/med...
[Edited on 21-4-2020 by SWIM]
Wow, they blow smoke rings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVOgWrhM67A
Screw electronic fuel injection and compound turbochargers.
I WANT SMOKE RINGS.
[Edited on 21-4-2020 by SWIM]
[Edited on 21-4-2020 by SWIM]
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Dr.Bob
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Why is it that oil is almost free, but yet gas prices here are still way up there. I get that taxes are about $0.50 per gallon, but there is almost
a $0.50 spread between stations around here. If I could buy a 100 gallons and store it in drums, it might be worth it. I understand that gas is
below a $1.00 in some places, except Cal, where it is still above $3 I think.
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Quote: Originally posted by Dr.Bob  | | Why is it that oil is almost free, but yet gas prices here are still way up there. I get that taxes are about $0.50 per gallon, but there is almost
a $0.50 spread between stations around here. If I could buy a 100 gallons and store it in drums, it might be worth it. I understand that gas is
below a $1.00 in some places, except Cal, where it is still above $3 I think. |
That's nothing. Quoting aussiebucks per litre...
I heard a report from Brisbane yesterday that gas prices varied wildly across the same suburb. Like, $0.769 per litre to $1.635 per litre.
The problem is that everyone has a full car tank and no one is going anywhere. It is mostly of novelty value to see these low prices quoted -- at
least from the consumer perspective. No doubt the price will hike considerably as soon as demand ramps up again.
There is talk of the government stockpiling and filling every available tank while the prices are low. And also renting tank space in the US for the
same purpose.
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Now's the time to do it.
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