F 250 vs Ram 2500

valhalla360 wrote:

swimmer_spe wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:

swimmer_spe wrote:
One reason for going diesel is that as the world switches to electric vehicles, diesel will be one of the last types to disappear.

I take it you aren't familiar with the refining process. What do you think they are going to do with the gasoline that comes out of each barrel?

They can tweak the gasoline to diesel a little by the refining process but there is always a substantial amount of gasoline produced even when tweaked for maximum diesel.

Also, what do you think will happen to the roads when they no longer have the asphalt for asphalt concrete (hint: Portland cement concrete consumes huge amounts of petroleum products)

This is not about the refining process, but the engines that run off them. More and more manufacturers are moving away from gasoline engines. There will be a tipping point that will have all new ICE running diesel. So, before the manufacturers go completely electric, diesels will be the last hold out.

You didn't answer the question...what do you think they are going to do with billions of gallons of gasoline?

Another issue...The reason diesel was originally popular for heavy trucking was it was cheap. If gasoline becomes cheap, expect heavy trucking to start using big gasoline engines...and before you say it, you can beef up a gas engine so it will last 400-500k miles before an overhaul and they can put out the power to haul an 80,000lb semi. Just needs a little development which $0.50/gal gasoline would justify.

As others have pointed out, gasoline could be used in the production of other petroleum based products.

Of the thermodynamic cycles, gasoline engines (otto) are one of the most inefficient one out there. Gasoline won't be getting cheaper as we are running out of cheap oil to pull from the ground.