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Post by rob on Feb 26, 2022 9:08:39 GMT -5
Since fuel prices are skyrocketing, I'm putting my restored 1983 Mazda B2200 back on the road. Let's go Brandon! Rob
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Post by tempforce on Feb 26, 2022 19:59:29 GMT -5
thumbs up
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Post by rustytruck on Feb 28, 2022 18:48:27 GMT -5
thumbs down
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Post by dieseldawg on Mar 4, 2022 13:26:48 GMT -5
Thumbs up. These trucks can keep running after an EMP. The glow plug controller might be damaged, but that could be prevented by enclosing it in a Faraday cage.
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Post by tempforce on Mar 11, 2022 8:39:43 GMT -5
rustytruck, you're just too sensitive.... maybe you should buy a new chevy bolt.
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Post by etherhuffer on Mar 11, 2022 16:53:57 GMT -5
Fuel prices are determined by a lot of stuff that the companies deal with. Canadian tar sands and other crude is so low grade that we can't refine it, which is why all the oil that heads down the Keystone gets shipped out. My cousin is sitting on his wells in North Dakota as prices were too low to pump out, which will now change again. With the economy roaring back demand is skyrocketing and there is only so much refining capability as well. Another cousin worked the Conoco refinery in Billings MT and during high demand they run all the time. Even so, maintenance downtime will need to be built in. Think about all the crematoriums during covid that wore out from burnings bodies 24/7. Same with industrial sites, they can only do so much.
I too plan on using my little diesel more if I need to, but also plan on bicycling if I can avoid driving. I have lived through two fuel crises in my life, and we are better prepared for this one than the 1979 crunch. And lastly I have a friend with her mom and son hiding in a basement in Kaniv Ukraine south of Kiev. Paying more at the pump is an inconvenience far less that dying from bombing or being shot.
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Post by etherhuffer on Mar 11, 2022 16:54:24 GMT -5
Fuel prices are determined by a lot of stuff that the companies deal with. Canadian tar sands and other crude is so low grade that we can't refine it, which is why all the oil that heads down the Keystone gets shipped out. My cousin is sitting on his wells in North Dakota as prices were too low to pump out, which will now change again. With the economy roaring back demand is skyrocketing and there is only so much refining capability as well. Another cousin worked the Conoco refinery in Billings MT and during high demand they run all the time. Even so, maintenance downtime will need to be built in. Think about all the crematoriums during covid that wore out from burnings bodies 24/7. Same with industrial sites, they can only do so much.
I too plan on using my little diesel more if I need to, but also plan on bicycling if I can avoid driving. I have lived through two fuel crises in my life, and we are better prepared for this one than the 1979 crunch. And lastly I have a friend with her mom and son hiding in a basement in Kaniv Ukraine south of Kiev. Paying more at the pump is an inconvenience far less that dying from bombing or being shot.
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Post by montana on Mar 13, 2022 22:56:41 GMT -5
Diesel's darn near 5 bucks! but 37mpg helps ease the pain a little bit anyway.
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Post by etherhuffer on Mar 13, 2022 22:58:56 GMT -5
It just hit 550 in Seattle area. Ouch
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Post by rustytruck on Mar 26, 2022 12:36:21 GMT -5
rustytruck, you're just too sensitive.... maybe you should buy a new chevy bolt. I already have an EV but not a bolt lol etherhuffer had the better reply. Complex issue that can't be summarized by -presidents fault-
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Post by DieselDangerRanger on Apr 17, 2022 8:14:55 GMT -5
Thing is there's an even bigger premium on diesel, so I'm thinking of getting back into collecting fryer oil. I expect to see the price of a Kw/hr start to soar, too.
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Post by rob on Apr 17, 2022 11:08:57 GMT -5
Thing is there's an even bigger premium on diesel, so I'm thinking of getting back into collecting fryer oil. I expect to see the price of a Kw/hr start to soar, too. Yep. The attack is on coal and natural gas too. Strange thing is, here on the South Fork River there are many old cotton mill dams. I know of one in Long Shoals that two brothers bought the old mill dam, had the generator repaired and they were generating enough kW/hrs. to power over 200 homes. The "conservationists" protested the notion of opening up more of the old power dams because they didn't want to hurt the fish. SMH Rob
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Post by rob on Apr 18, 2022 10:30:13 GMT -5
Spammer's back.
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Post by DieselDangerRanger on Apr 22, 2022 19:27:51 GMT -5
The "conservationists" protested the notion of opening up more of the old power dams because they didn't want to hurt the fish. [/div] Rob
[/quote] yeah. The idea today is to build mega hydro electric projects in sparsely populated sacrifice zones and transmit long distances, which is lossy, so that the impacts are out of site and "green". An interesting read here: www.ecosophia.net/progress-and-amnesia/
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