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Originally Posted by The Reaper

Can someone explain to me why non-highway taxed kerosene is running $.30-.50 per gallon more than taxed diesel?

Can you say home heating season?
Expect diesel to increase by 15-18% over the next month, for some reason the oil companies/refineries will not add more diesel capacity, but will straight crack unleaded gasoline... Kind of a waste as you can still get the 3rd level distillates after the 1st levels (diesel, kero, Aero) have been skimmed. The thermal efficiencies of the cetane scale fuels should be enough to convince most people to use them rather than octane based fuels. Oh, yeah the soot lie - cetane exhausts can be scrubbed, and a good turbo will reburn most of the junk anyway. ULSD is on the way, a biodiesel mix and you gain back the cetane and the lubricity, while losing the soot and reducing the NOx

Europe sold 52% diesel passenger cars this year..... America less than 2%.
The expectation is 55-58% diesel sales in Europe next year. There will be an offering of 10 diesel powered passenger vehicles in the US next year - and none available in CARB states. Of those diesels offered in the US, only 3 are even close to affordable by the common driver - if they can find them.

TR you should not have let me get started on the diesel / cetane / biofuels rant - the general American public is ignorant of the choices the Europeans have had for years. Oh, yes, ignorance implies choice, even if the choice was not made bt you, but for you by the Oil and Auto Industries.

I'm done for now, please don't use the "D" word for a while, I might relapse.