Re: Car Craft Ramblings on Alky,,,,

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: Jerry Casper <gremlingts@xxxxxxxxx>
" 
" 
" --- Bruce Hevner <scramblr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
" > There are too many things we
" > NEED petro for. We
" > shouldn't be burning it. 
" 
" 
"   I think what you're forgetting is that Gasoline was
" once considered a WASTE by-product of oil refining,
" until the internal combustion engine was developed in
" the late 1800's.

that was true of diesel kerosene, until the '70s.  it used to be half
the price of gas even in the '60s.

" Gas is gas...it's a by-product of
" refining crude oil, all right, but there are different
" fuels you get out of ALL crude oil, and gasoline is
" one of them. You're not "wasting" it, it's already in
" the oil. if you take out everything ELSE, you'd STILL
" have gasoline left over! How is that "wasting" it by
" not burning it? I remember seeing refinery machinery
" in a high school educational film, it had multiple
" levels at different heat ranges, and each different
" fuel condensed out somehow on the different levels.

you're talking about a still, essentially.

refineries don't operate that way any more.  they crack and reform the
crude into the products they want.  they can't efficiently [yet]
produce all gasoline or completely shut it off, but they can heavily
slant production toward gasoline in the summer or #2 heating oil in
the winter.
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