Comments on: Diesel price soaring http://polizeros.com/2008/03/14/diesel-price-soaring/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:04:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Bob Morris http://polizeros.com/2008/03/14/diesel-price-soaring/comment-page-1/#comment-149855 Bob Morris Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:38:58 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/03/14/diesel-price-soaring/#comment-149855 Sue gets about 40 mpg in the VW New Beetle diesel. My Prius gets 44, so the VW does quite well. Sue gets about 40 mpg in the VW New Beetle diesel. My Prius gets 44, so the VW does quite well.

]]> By: DJ http://polizeros.com/2008/03/14/diesel-price-soaring/comment-page-1/#comment-149841 DJ Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:12:36 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/03/14/diesel-price-soaring/#comment-149841 In Utah, the cost of diesel typically runs 25% higher than gasoline. That's something to consider when calculating savings from the better mileage of automobile diesel engines: it's got to get 25% better mileage just to cost the same. As diesel prices increase, at some point it will no longer be cost-effective to ship cheap goods by truck. We may still get them by rail (where available), but that suggests some painful changes in employment patterns, since trucking employs over 6 million people in this country. BTW, what kind of mileage does Sue get in her diesel? In Utah, the cost of diesel typically runs 25% higher than gasoline. That’s something to consider when calculating savings from the better mileage of automobile diesel engines: it’s got to get 25% better mileage just to cost the same.

As diesel prices increase, at some point it will no longer be cost-effective to ship cheap goods by truck. We may still get them by rail (where available), but that suggests some painful changes in employment patterns, since trucking employs over 6 million people in this country.

BTW, what kind of mileage does Sue get in her diesel?

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