Thats the number NPR has been using right along. -Curt
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:17:08 -0400 From: "L. Mark Finch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] the pipeline To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Kevin -- Can you steer me to an authoritative source for that information? It's not that I doubt what you say -- I've heard for years that most Alaskan oil is exported -- but I'd like to have a more credible- sounding attribution than "a guy on the Mercedes list" when I start using that five to eight percent statistic in conversation. --mf On Aug 8, 2006, at 12:57 AM, Kevin wrote: > Either way, it probably isn't going to go up all that appreciably. > Estimates > are that the pipeline really only contributes somewhere between > five and eight > percent to the west coast supply (since most of that oil is sent > overseas - > yes, america exports a LOT of refined fuel), AND that there is > currently > somewhat of a surplus of refined fuel in the market right now. > > Japan, OTOH, one of the big recipients of the refined fuel that > comes from > that pipeline will notice a price spike. A lot of the analysts that > are > concerned about the pipeline are from asian countries/companies. _________________________ L. Mark Finch Indianapolis 1982 300D Turbodiesel --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1ยข/min. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Aug 10 23:25:49 2006 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.177]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GBJuP-0004Qw-AI for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:25:49 +0000 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id f25so948946pyf for <mercedes@okiebenz.com>; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:25:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.45.1 with SMTP id x1mr4722453pyj; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:25:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.86.13 with HTTP; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:25:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:25:39 -0700 From: Zeitgeist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.7.cp2 Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - sorta: Biodiesel-ethanol-diesel fuel blend? X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: </pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com> List-Post: <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:25:50 -0000 Sounds like you're more than qualified to embark on the exciting career of ad hoc Roundtable Facilitation! Send me $30 and I'll provide you with all the tools you'll need in order to succeed in this challenging, yet oh so satisfying role as the center of derision and attention. Call now, operators are standing by! On 8/10/06, Bob Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've never met a roundtable discussion facilitator before. > My life is now more complete. > > Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative state" '87 300TD intercooler #22 (217k) '84 300D (216k) Gashuffer: '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (187K) http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Misc/IMG_0171.JPG