I seem to recall that Standard Oil needed to find a use for all the left over product after making the main product Kerosene back in the day. IIRC that led to the battle over what would fuel the automobiles of the future where steam and batteries lost to petrol.
Clay > On Jan 6, 2022, at 12:13 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > That breakdown of a barrel of oil is interesting. So how did we arrive at > that perfect balance of what oil provides and what we do with it? Did we > develop technology to use the oil products available, or did we develop > refining techniques to produce the refined product the market wanted? > > For example, before jet airplanes, where did the 10% Jet A component go? > > When the railroads all switched from coal-fired steam to diesel-electric, how > did we supply that increased demand for diesel fuel? _______________________________________ 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
