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Old 01-08-2009, 08:37 PM   #76
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We are at $1.55. Still cheap enough to run my truck at 80 mph.
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Old 01-08-2009, 08:44 PM   #77
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1.99. Bar Stewards.
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Old 01-11-2009, 02:50 PM   #78
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US automakers need to take a clue from VW. This is long overdue in US autos.

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20090111/FREE/901119995
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Old 01-11-2009, 07:04 PM   #79
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Not long overdue, it wasn't possible until now. Diesels couldn't meet emission standards without cleaner diesel fuel, which wasn't available until 2007.
In that car, with the regen, shut off, etc, technology, I wonder how a similar gas engine would compare?
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Old 01-11-2009, 07:07 PM   #80
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I thought we had clean diesel for a few years now.
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Old 01-11-2009, 07:32 PM   #81
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It was mandated to be available for 2006, but not mandated for vehicles until 2007. I guess that's why the refiners took their good old time about making it widely available until 2007.
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Old 01-15-2009, 08:36 PM   #82
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So, OPEC slowed production so prices will go back up? I don't understand economics, but it feels a bit like bending over, again.
Not that it was unpredictable. When Chinese demand dropped, almost immediately there was a glut.

All a body can do is reduce their own demand for gasoline.
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