Gas VS Diesel FORD For Truck Camper
Hey all, new to the forum and new to truck campers. I do not have a camper or a truck yet but have been doing a lot of research and trying to come up with a solution for my specific needs. The b...
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Kayteg1 wrote:
30 years ago gas prices in California was 89 cents for Regular and 69 cents for diesel
Even 20 years ago I was filling up 120 gallons into my DP and did not max my CC. :C
This is the right price proportion cost-wise, but we live in country who is speculation-driven.
I still think that once semis become electric, the diesel becomes the cheapest fuel again.
40 years ago, my co=worker in San Diego filled his diesel Oldsmobile (yes I know, what was GM thinking in those days?) in Tijuana for 15 cents per. My opinion is that removing sulfur from diesel during refining adds to some of the cost differential. Then, too, they still burn fuel oil for heat in many east coast states. They can almost charge what they want when folks have to heat their residence and it tightens the supply of diesel and fuel oil.
It is the new normal. Electric semis are a ways off yet. If you think replacement battery packs are expensive for Prius', etc., imagine the size and cost of a pack that can haul a semi 600+ miles per day. More likely UPS and FEDEX trucks will become electric first. Batteries are undergoing incremental improvements, but there is no magic breakthrough that will make batteries light, efficient and instantly rechargeable.
There in lies another problem: ultra fast recharging. We are used to loading energy in our fuel tanks in mere minutes. IF one could recharge a battery pack in similar time frames, the average power plant, whatever its energy source, could only charge 2 or 3 vehicles simultaneously with nothing left over for the rest of the grid. Practicalities like this will ultimately cost the greenies their utopian vision. But be sure to burn the fuel remotely so LA can escape from the smog.
Rick
