Diesel fuel shortage: Why is no one talking about this?

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

No, the U.S. isn’t going to run out of diesel fuel in 25 days

The metric that Fox News host Tucker Carlson cited measures diesel fuel supply if refineries stopped producing oil and the industry stopped importing it.

www.verifythis.com

So we can further deplete our strategic supply of oil and gasoline

That's not a good plan

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

So we can further deplete our strategic supply of oil and gasoline

That's not a good plan

Today is November 1st 2022, and Joe Biden is the worst President in the history of the United States of America.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Today is November 1st 2022, and Joe Biden is the worst President in the history of the United States of America.

Worse than an Carter!

 

[zubenelgenubi]

 

[Babagounj]

View attachment 406308

Many lobster/fishing captains have already seen the light.
There is a lot of high fuel using vessels for sale.
My local lobstermen set their fishing gear closer to shore this year.
They couldn't afford the fuel to travel out & back from their usual fishing spots.

 

[Babagounj]

Double whammy ahead? Lawmaker warns of impact from diesel shortage, rail strike after election

"It's another game where the Biden administration has kicked the can down the road," Rep. Bryan Steil warns.

justthenews.com

Biden announced he had struck a tentative deal with the railroad unions that the workers cannot strike until after a so-called cooling-off period in late November, right after the midterm elections.
Wisconsin Rep. Bryan Steil says that the economy could take a dual hit after the election if diesel shortages persist and rail unions strike as promised.
"We got to remember this is just weeks after President Biden told us that he had this all under control, and the trains would be running on time."
”We're now learning it's anything but that. It's another game where the Biden administration has kicked the can down the road and kicked it past this election."

Airlines are looking at possible strikes, too.

 

[Fred's Myth]

 

[Wally]

Somebody explain how growing food to convert into expensive diesel is a good idea?

 

[PT Car Washer]

Somebody explain how growing food to convert into expensive diesel is a good idea?

Explain to me how you convert food into diesel fuel?

 

[vantexan]

Explain to me how you convert food into diesel fuel?

Various vegetable oils can be turned into biodiesel.

 

[Wally]

Explain to me how you convert food into diesel fuel?

Various vegetable oils can be turned into biodiesel.

Yea, corn or soybeans would be my guess. The btu's of the bio is lower than regular diesel and you use plenty of energy growing the crop. It doesn't save any energy.

Waste oil might work but that already has a market. It's used for animal feed, soaps, and lubricants. The stuff us valuable. Crooks steal it to sell on the black market.

 

[Babagounj]

There is no need to used food products to make fuel.
But Congress thought otherwise.

 

[PT Car Washer]

Yea, corn or soybeans would be my guess. The btu's of the bio is lower than regular diesel and you use plenty of energy growing the crop. It doesn't save any energy.

Waste oil might work but that already has a market. It's used for animal feed, soaps, and lubricants. The stuff us valuable. Crooks steal it to sell on the black market.

Soybean and other oils are blended with diesel fuel. They don't make diesel fuel.

 

[PT Car Washer]

There is no need to used food products to make fuel.
But Congress thought otherwise.

The farm lobby is very powerful with both Democrats and Republicans.

 

[DriverNerd]

The farm lobby is very powerful with both Democrats and Republicans.

My grandpa used to sell half his corn yield every year to the local ethanol plant. It was guaranteed money for him every year at higher prices (due to government regulations) than what corn was worth at the time.

 

[Wally]

There is no need to used food products to make fuel.
But Congress thought otherwise.

Ethanol is interesting. It uses more energy than regular gasoline and the environmental impact is greater overall. Where are the environmental groups calling for a ban?

 

[burrheadd]

Somebody explain how growing food to convert into expensive diesel is a good idea?

These farmers grow so much corn they had to figure out something to do with it hence you have “bio diesel” one of the biggest scams ever pulled on the American people

 

[burrheadd]

Soybean and other oils are blended with diesel fuel. They don't make diesel fuel.

Try again Pierre

 

[Wally]

Soybean and other oils are blended with diesel fuel. They don't make diesel fuel.

Well it's called bio diesel. Any fuel a diesel engine can run on is diesel fuel.

 

[DriverNerd]

It uses more energy than regular gasoline

It doesn't use more energy as it's a fuel, but you get less energy out of it when burning it. It does have a substantially higher octane rating and engines designed for it burn cleaner while making more power. The cost of ethanol without government subsidies is about equal with gasoline and since you're only getting 2/3 the mileage and it uses our corn crop to do it, you're right that overall the environmental impact is such that it is not a viable alternative to regular gasoline.