Diesel is equivalent to 2 €/Liter in Australia right now. Given that the country runs on diesel, its a nightmare. Even the few people who don’t own cars are hurting, because the ships that bring in food run on diesel, the trucks and trains that bring the food from the ports to the rest of the country run on diesel. The grain producers and cattle farms, some of which are the size of small countries, all run on diesel. The cost of diesel is hitting everyone.
From what I’ve read, sugarcane is significantly better for making fuel than the corn we use. But the climate in the U.S. obviously not correct for it to be produced at the scale needed, except for possibly small areas in the most southern states.
the minimum and maximum ethanol on gasoline is also way higher here, which means more oil saved that can go to produce diesel, brazil is extremely depend on trucks for internal transportation of all goods, including goods that are exported, thus diesel cost has quite a high impact on the cost of everything here, even the relatively small increase here is quite impactful
one big side effect of the high ethanol is that a lot of old cars really don’t run well on it and can cause significant damage to their engines, and having way less energy per volume means more often refueling which can be quite annoying
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8.199$/gallon, that’s 1.846 €/Liter Diesel. Meanwhile in Germany I had to fill up at 2.389 €/Liter, at times it’s over 2.50
I have seen it up to 2,7€/L here in France. The average price is 2,3€/L yet.
Diesel is equivalent to 2 €/Liter in Australia right now. Given that the country runs on diesel, its a nightmare. Even the few people who don’t own cars are hurting, because the ships that bring in food run on diesel, the trucks and trains that bring the food from the ports to the rest of the country run on diesel. The grain producers and cattle farms, some of which are the size of small countries, all run on diesel. The cost of diesel is hitting everyone.
brazil here, diesel is 6.49 BRL per liter here, that’s less than an euro, turns out all that sugar cane ethanol did help with something0
From what I’ve read, sugarcane is significantly better for making fuel than the corn we use. But the climate in the U.S. obviously not correct for it to be produced at the scale needed, except for possibly small areas in the most southern states.
the minimum and maximum ethanol on gasoline is also way higher here, which means more oil saved that can go to produce diesel, brazil is extremely depend on trucks for internal transportation of all goods, including goods that are exported, thus diesel cost has quite a high impact on the cost of everything here, even the relatively small increase here is quite impactful
one big side effect of the high ethanol is that a lot of old cars really don’t run well on it and can cause significant damage to their engines, and having way less energy per volume means more often refueling which can be quite annoying
yay for having some energy independence