"laurentien" > wrote in message
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On Nov 3, 8:09 pm, Clive > wrote:
> In message <2010110313554150073-davplac@aolcom>, D. LaCourse
> > writes>One thing I can not understand is that diesel
> fuel, requiring less
> >refining than gasoline, costs a lot more than gas, at least here in the
> >States.
>
> Didn't you know that diesel was the same as heating oil, making it a
> much more sought after product than petrol which is only used in cars.
> Diesel is not only used in a lot of cars but most other types of
> transportation as well.
> --
> Clive

True Clive, in the UK, when Christmas times arrive, the
transportation business grows a lot for supplying all th shops with
gifts and sending all those greeting cards, thereby the diesel price
increase. Simple supply and demand rule. And UK is renowned to have
only limited capacity for refining diesel.

In other countries, the governments tax diesel much more to the pump
so.
And the lorries or truck companies get a refund afterwards.
Leading to the fact that some governments are favoring the companies
for diesel usage.

But, countries like France wishing to depend less on petrol have
favored diesel all along and its price is much cheaper. Their
factories do have the capacity to refine diesel to the point that they
supply the UK peaks around Christmas. They also know that the diesel
engines do last a lot longer and consume much less, explaining the
higher price tag for a diesel engine.

VAG (VW group) is still nose to nose with PSA (Peugeot) on the most
efficient and performant diesel engines in Europe and Ford or Toyota
are far behind. I even heard that BMW diesel engines were made by PSA
(which used to supply them to Rover and Honda).

I hope that VAG produces a hybrid TDi around its 1.6 L engine and put
that into the A5 sedan which I really like and has good reviews.

My experience with TDi is that they are so good, quite torquy,
reliable and so green.

LHR


What utter, utter garbage.

Yuou must come from another planet, get back to your fuel line magnets.