US wholesale gasoline prices tend to range ~$0.60 - $1.20 below at-the-pump prices in recent years. Next-month wholesale has been $2.80-$3/gallon in recent weeks, FWIW.
There's room to make money there on practical liquid motor fuel at well over $1/gallon, I'd say.
Henry On 4/2/2014 11:34 PM, Derek Lyons wrote:
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 10:16 PM, David Weinshenker <daze39@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Does the goal -need- to be equivalence to "dollar a gallon gasoline" (vs. e.g. $7/gallon) before this becomes an interesting project?Probably.After all, US gasoline prices in recent years (~3.50 - $5.00/gallon) are not much below that already, and I understand that is low compared to many places in the world (something like twice that in Europe?).You're quoting prices-at-the-pump, which include taxes at various levels. He seems to be quoting prices-at-the-refinery, which do not. That being said, synthetic oil for chemical feedstocks seems to be a useful idea. For IC engines, even if carbon neutral, not so much. D.
