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paul2468
 Post subject: Good news for a change
PostPosted: Sun Jan 03, 2016 10:43 pm 
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-3521 ... e=facebook
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35217383?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook


Diesel is a waste product of refining petrol so should be much cheaper.
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Nidge2 wrote:
paul2468 wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35217383?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook


Diesel is a waste product of refining petrol so should be much cheaper.


a thread without the need to click a link (save for checking authenticity) is a lot f*cking easier than this easy a** way - otherwise whats the point of TDO?

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Nidge2 wrote:
paul2468 wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35217383?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook


Diesel is a waste product of refining petrol so should be much cheaper.

Realy? I thought that petrol or gasoline was originally a byproduct of refining kerosene or paraffin as it is known here.

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grandad wrote:
Realy? I thought that petrol or gasoline was originally a byproduct of refining kerosene or paraffin as it is known here.


*really

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Realy? I thought that petrol or gasoline was originally a byproduct of refining kerosene or paraffin as it is known here.


*really

Sorry I have had one "l" of a weekend. :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Nidge2 wrote:
paul2468 wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35217383?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook


Diesel is a waste product of refining petrol so should be much cheaper.

Realy? I thought that petrol or gasoline was originally a byproduct of refining kerosene or paraffin as it is known here.



If your being picky it's here.

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Nidge2 wrote:
paul2468 wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35217383?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook


Diesel is a waste product of refining petrol so should be much cheaper.



No it isn't most modern day diesel is a blend of some straight run ditillate and a lot of hydrocracked and alkylated product which gives a more consistent and chemically stable product especially as crude oil is widely varying in its constituent chemicals. Uk refineries are set up to produce petrol and some diesel and kerosine so most of our diesel is imported from areas like Saudi Arabia or Russia where investment in the right refinery components for diesel production has been made :roll:

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paul2468 wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35217383?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook


Diesel is a waste product of refining petrol so should be much cheaper.




If your being picky it's here.

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So you agree that it isn't a waste product.

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keep your tanks full , it may not last, the oil prices are creeping back up due to the conflict between Saudi and Iran, all about that exicution
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So you agree that it isn't a waste product.


No diesel comes after the petrol in the refining process which means it's a waste product of refining petrol.
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keep your tanks full , it may not last, the oil prices are creeping back up due to the conflict between Saudi and Iran, all about that exicution
Iran produce billions of gallons of oil as do Saudi Arabia. The prices won't go up.
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the reason prices are so low is that opec has lost control of the market due to American Shale gas production which produces loads of crude and ethane as well. They can't store it so it is getting dumped on the market bringing down world prices for fuel plastics and fertilizer so as long as the American fracking business is booming and there is loads of it prices could be kept down for 100 years although i would imagine American producers wanting to scale down production to get prices up a bit at some point

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So you agree that it isn't a waste product.


No diesel comes after the petrol in the refining process which means it's a waste product of refining petrol.

How does that make it a waste product?

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grandad wrote:
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So you agree that it isn't a waste product.


No diesel comes after the petrol in the refining process which means it's a waste product of refining petrol.

How does that make it a waste product?



hook line and sinker ! :badgrin: :badgrin:

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