alt.energy.renewable

Erdemal wrote:

> Eeyore wrote:
> > danny burstein wrote:
> >> Hatchback writes:
> >>
> >>> Diesels have always been a tough sell to US consumers because of engine
> >>> noise, cold weather starting, smoke, odor, vibration, and lower power
> >>> but anyone who has driven, even the current version of a VW TDI, knows
> >>> there has been major improvement in all these areas. Buyers are
> >>> realizing that the fuel savings payback is 8 years for a hybrid and only
> >>> 2 for a diesel. Some reports suggest that diesel sales will outpace
> >>> hybrid sales by 2012.
> >> Are you looking at just the gallons used or are you taking
> >> the different prices of diesel vs. gasoline into account?
> >>
> >> Generally speaking (with lots and lots of variation) diesel
> >> fuel is 10 to 15 percent more expensive than gasoline.
> >
> > Not in Europe. Diesel and gasoline are about the same price.
>
> Not in your Europe, in my Europe Gasoline is 1.30€/l and diesel
> is 1.05 €/l (LPG is even cheaper ?? 0.30 €/l).

In the UK diesel is a couple of pence more expensive than petrol (gasoline).
Apparently this is because the UK has insufficient refining capacity dedicated
to diesel and a lot of it has to be imported.

Graham