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GMC - You're saying we could run 2x's as many pickup trucks on the current amount of refined Diesel fuel and produce the amount of gasoline for our other vehicles.

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No what I am saying is BS check your pm's ;) ;D

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I tow my V-20 with a Ford Van powered by a V6 ( tow package included ) It handles the boat just fine.

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Hammerhead, you're RIGHT about the tow-pckg...all the difference!! ;) ...

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I think Vans tow the best!! I had a couple for Business reasons few years back and they must block all the wind or something!
I could adjust the trailer so I could lift with one finger, and the thing would never sway!

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I'm saying that the if we increase our demand for diesel, we may increase our demand for crude because the it will take more crude to produce the same Btu's of diesel when compared to gasoline. The increase in demand for crude would drive the prices of everything up. I don't have any sources or anything, it's just some thing I've been thinking about.

Some statistics I have found...

A barrel of crude produces:
19.4 gallons of gasoline.
9.7 gallons of light distillate oils including heating oil and diesel #2.
4.3 gallons of kerosene
1.9 gallons of residual fuel oil (HFO)
1.9 gallons of liquified refinery gasses
some other stuff

Less than half the amount of diesel can be produced form a gallon of crude. If we were to replace all of our gas burning vehicles with diesel burning vehicles, we would double our demand for crude oil.

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I think we should change to water power.

I found this interesting website by just doing research on
water powered cars.

http://waterpoweredcar.com/

They mention an add on that is being sold in Canada
that converts water to hydrogen and then injects
it into the fuel stream.

Sounds pretty interesting to me.

They also mention a guy who developed a vehicle
that ran completely on water.
The guy mysteriously got poisened and then
a few days later all his research and prototypes disappeared,
never to be seen again, except for what could be
recreated through what was left.

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76GMC I think those figures are the average of what we produce out of a barrell of crude. I think that pending demand those numbers can be flexed many different ways. I'm pretty sure we could refine more #2 oil and less gasoline if thats what the demand was for. There is a good chance that I'm wrong on this, but that what I think...

Airslot

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Even if the refineries were completely retooled to make #2, I don't think they could approach the amount of gasoline produced from a barrel of crude. I do believe some refineries that specifically make gasoline can make nearly 35 gallons starting with 42.

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So what happens after we burn up all the world's water, huh??... what then??...
;D ;D ...