Rules that took effect in europe last couple years have made it mandatory
for diesel to be reformulated for green laws.  At the time of the proposals
it was estimated that it would drive diesel up 20 percent. The same laws are
being phased in here in the  US and Canada.   started phase in from 2004 to
be completed by 2007.  Basically right now most diesel in US/Canada is
"reduced" sulfur and by 2007 must be "low" sulfur.  A refinery comment
stated that they are phasing it in for two reasons.  One is that they need
to phase in new equipment and the other is that the shock to the consumer
will be less as the costs go up for each point of sulfur removed (didn�t say
what a point is).  One of the reasons some of the major refiners are looking
at bio blending of diesel.
jimt

On 5/5/05 9:16 AM, "Al Knoll" <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET> wrote:

> Spoil my day.  You WOULD ask.  The de facto fuel availability on my syncro
> westie is 16.5 gallons US.  With the fuel mileage provided by Smallcar I
> average 13.7 MPG actual (GPS) sooo  225 Mi on-road range.  Shortens to
> 190-170 Offroad depending on conditions.  I have a Gary Lee rack which
> mounts a 20l nato-spec fuel can and can mount an additional 5.5 Gallons in
> an Outboard motor fuel tank which fits perfectly into the luggage well.
> Going to full empty on the total will bring 16.5+4.5+5 or 26 US Gal times
> the 13.7 nets ~350 Mi. That's ~ $58US for a refill or ~17c/mile best case.
> 
> In the UK where 89RON sells for 86p/l  It would cost ~170USD to go the
> distance for a fuel cost of $0.48/Mile.
> 
> Why does diesel 2 cost more than Unleaded RON 89?
> 
> pensioner
> 
>