Don't forget that China is getting big into agribusiness and is an
exporter of farm goods now. Of course all that runs on diesel, as it
does in India, to name two growing, diesel-based economies. And with
snow just off the ground in parts of the US, a cold spring also pits
heating oil against diesel supplies.

Jim

On Apr 28, 2005, at 9:48 AM, Brent Berisford wrote:

> The bottom line.
>    Diesel in the past has always been the better value. Trucking firms
> and train better bang for the buck. The largest problem with diesel
> and cost at the moment is that the war machine runs on diesel not
> gasoline.We have created a demand by supporting the war in the middle
> east. Just my 2 cents. The demand for diesel high mileage cars also
> proves that diesel is the smarter choice at least in my local commuter
> market.
> Brent
>