Along route 29 near Culpepper, diesel is $3.79 and low test $3.13. Now that is way more than eight percent.
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Craig <diese...@pisquared.net> wrote: > On Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:23:12 -0700 (PDT) Curt Raymond > <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Last night when I fueled up regular unleaded was $3.51, diesel was > > $3.79. > > > > 3.79-3.51 = .28 > > > > 3.79 / .28 = 0.07 > > > > So diesel is 7% more expensive than gas. Is that shockingly high for > > the fuel with 30% more energy? > > Actually, that should have been 0.28 / 3.51 = 8%, only a little different. > > Today, unleaded was $3.339 and diesel was $3.959. > Diesel is 18.6% more expensive than regular gas. > > Premium unleaded was $3.539. We use that in our '95 E320, which gets 25 > MPG. > > Diesel at $3.959 we use in our '82 240D/3.0, which gets 23 MPG. > > So the cost for a mile of fuel for the E320 is $0.14156 and > the cost for a mile of fuel for the 240D/3.0 is $0.17213, 21.6% more > expensive. Besides, I need to find the delivery valve seals for the > 240D/3.0's injection pump and replace them before I hook the fuel line > back up to the fuel pump.... > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
