US Exporting Mucho Diesel to Mexico @<$2/Gal.
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US Exporting Mucho Diesel to Mexico @<$2/Gal.
Check out these export figures. Diesel sells for less than $2 a US gallon down there. If market forces were really at work, why don't the US refiners sell it ino the US market? If I was an American, I'd want to know...
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/mdiexmx1M.htm
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/mdiexmx1M.htm
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GL 320cdi, Chevrolet Avalanchero, GLE 350 (on order)
Funny, you guys seem to be refining it for them. Just to be clear, that chart is a total of finished distilate products to Mexico from US refiners. I wonder where the distilates go in months they are not exported to Mexico? Have a look down the street at your local filling station.
Second, there is no way diesel attracts $2.00 per gallon in tax...
Second, there is no way diesel attracts $2.00 per gallon in tax...
Last edited by Brocktoon; May 7, 2008 at 11:23 PM.
