Rising Fuel Prices

[rmay635703]

Originally Posted by JSH

rmay doesn't want to hear the truth.

Yep, running 95% utilization of a resource that only reliable to 65%
With a 2-5% reduction in use expected per year meaning we are deciding to make actual hard shortage Ala 70’s style where you will have dry stations and real disruptions where you can’t get fuel.

Lithium supplies limit production to about 5 % of cars so many won’t be able to transition

Great idea in the name of profit, shut down the economy

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by serialk11r

The combustion temperature of ethanol in air is very close to that of gasoline in air. If you vaporize the ethanol completely and then put it in a high compression ratio engine made to take advantage of the cooling effect, you'll have even higher temperatures than gasoline since the higher heating value is greater per unit oxygen consumed.

Do you think something with a more Diesel-like compression ratio, and the heated injectors fitted to newer Brazilian flexfuel cars?

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by rmay635703

Great idea in the name of profit, shut down the economy

That's not private business' problem to deal with if the market doesn't compensate it for that risk.

This is a good example of an opportunity to use the state's resources to incentivize vital resource production.

Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr

Do you think something with a more Diesel-like compression ratio, and the heated injectors fitted to newer Brazilian flexfuel cars?

My cursory understanding of Brazilian cars is they all have higher compression ratios for burning ethanol right? The NOx is probably on the same order of magnitude as normal gasoline burners here.

It could be lower, but again emissions standards are very tough and there's almost nothing you can burn without producing too much NOx by new car standards.

[rmay635703]

Originally Posted by serialk11r

That's not private business' problem to deal with if the market doesn't compensate it for that risk.

This is a good example of an opportunity to use the state's resources to incentivize vital resource production..

This problem is not new and billions of dollars of past “incentives “ have had absolutely no effect on the matter

You need a big stick and a carrot, a threat to use eminent domain and the military production removing and federalizing unused plants and other resources alongside a carrot could make companies with record profits consider doing things they used to do all on their own without motivation or record profits.

[sheepdog 44]

https://www.cnet.com/personal-financ...fuel-up-today/

[redneck]

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Goldman Sachs: Upside Risk In Oil Is “Tremendously High”

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oi...usly-High.html

“And that applies more today than it did two weeks, three weeks ago, because we’ve just seen exodus of money from the space…investment continues to run from the space at a time it should be coming to the space,” he said.

“Ultimately, remember, the only way of solving these problems is to increase investment, so we stick to our guns of oil prices moving into the summer up into $140 a barrel range given record-level cracks, and that’s going to be a lot more upside to product prices,” Goldman’s Currie told CNBC.

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[redpoint5]

Most corrupt take on the subject yet. Did they just ask the White House what to put in the article, or have them write it directly?

[freebeard]

I'm not alone in my confusion over 'upside risk'.

https://simplicable.com › new › upside-risk
What is Upside Risk? - Simplicable
Upside risk is the chance that an asset or investment will increase in value beyond your expectations. It is an example of a positive risk, or the chance that you'll achieve too much of a good thing.The idea of positive risks is somewhat controversial. It is often argued that risk is always a negative thing.

[rmay635703]

Originally Posted by freebeard

I'm not alone in my confusion over 'upside risk'.

You can make too much profit or too little profit and both are bad leading to one form of failure or another.

If you overcharge you will motivate your customers to find alternatives which also includes simply not using your class of products anymore.

Too much profit can lead to a market collapse.

[JSH]

Anyone else notice that the national average for a gallon of gasoline has dropped for 3 weeks now?