On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:10:02 +0000, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

About twice as much gas in a barrel of crude as diesel.

Yeah, but is that due to the demand, or the physical properties of a
barrel of oil? I know that home heating oil is quite close to diesel, but
is it included in the number?


Which makes sense.

Just shooting off an opinion, diesel/electric has got to be a better
method than gas - just makes sense to me.

I wouldn't argue with that, but the point would be to maximize the use of
each barrel, be it gas or diesel. By the by, there are several
diesel/electric hybrids starting to appear. It seems one of the main
pros, is emissions, especially with the low sulfur being mandated in
October.


Of course, I can't prove that, but still... :)