Holy Gas!!

They pipe in the crude.

I forget how long it takes to move it in the pipe. But my brother said that they pipe gas @ 1000 psi, in a 36inch pipe. It actually takes days for gas to travel in the pipe to get to Duluth!!!

That is ALOT of pressure!!!

Also, if I recall correctly, most of Flint Hills Crude comes from Canada. Canada has “sour crude”, where Texas and Saudi Crude is “sweet”. The sweeter the crude, the easier and faster and cheaper to make the blend. When you drive by a refinery and get the sulfer smell, that is “sour” crude refining. It is the sulfer that makes it sour.

So, by getting Texas or Saudi oil, it is cheaper to refine, for it has less sulfer, thus being “sweeter”.

Also, he stated that Venezualan Crude is some of the sourest.

Even though this pains me to say, Gary is right…well, at least partially (refinery is down due to the congress caving to the extreme environmental lefties in the 70s & 80s, and a new refinery has not been built in quite awhile.) Same with James– Chinas demand is way up. And considering OPEC pre-determines the amount of crude that will be pumped each year, well…more demand for the same amount…You get higher prices.

However, both you Crackers forgot one major contributing factor:

Since America is the bar-nun the greatest darn country on earth and we are truly blessed (despite what WhiskerKev believes), more people now than ever before have boats–especially in MN. And, with more boats come more occurences of gracious friends (like myself) hauling over-weight (300+lb) mooches like a certain balding, sloped-foreheaded gorilla who will remain nameless (Gary) around looking for their supposed “hot-spot”. Unfortunately, since these mooches rarely know how to catch fish on their own efforts, many gallons of gasoline are wastelessly consumed in this effort, resulting in much to much consumption and/or demand.

Just say No! to mooching gorillas!

Hi James!

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And, with more boats come more occurences of gracious friends (like myself) hauling over-weight (300+lb) mooches like a certain balding, sloped-foreheaded gorilla who will remain nameless (Gary) around looking for their supposed “hot-spot”. Unfortunately, since these mooches rarely know how to catch fish on their own efforts, many gallons of gasoline are wastelessly consumed in this effort, resulting in much to much consumption and/or demand.

Just say No! to mooching gorillas!

Hi James!

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Very good point. Unless of course you’re the 300lb + Gorilla someone is hauling around. Thanks JJ!

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Dude!!!!

Talk about the pot calling the kettle!!!!!!

When it comes to the missing link, I think you are it! Your poor wife must braid that fur on your back!!!!

If you are worried about us using too much gas in that recycled alum. beer can, that you call a boat, then I recommend that you pull out the sheep shears to reduce the wind resistence and make it a little more arrow dynamic!!!

Just remember this, if it wasn’t for me, you wouldn’t have ANY big fish in your boat!

Most women like a little fur on their cowboys back– keeps em warm!

That recycled beer can has hauled your tractor seat around for years, and the only involvement you had with MY fish is when you handed me the net so I could net the fish myself to avoid you spearing it in the head at the side of the boat.

Did you really mean ‘arrow dynamic’ or actually ‘aerodynamic’??? Ha-Ha!!…Nice one there, Poindexter!

PS to All: Are there any Salmon fishing topics on this website? Or just smallies, walleyes and a billboard for James’ tackle company? I was out on Lake Michigan last weekend for Kings, and it was awesome!!! I will be shifting gears next year and stalking up that fine fish.

I have a question. Why hasn’t the price of oil gone up? Gasoline sky-rockets, and motor oil hasn’t moved as long as I can remember. Isn’t oil refined from crude to?

Gas went down to $2.99 today in Janesville, WI.

Hey Dave, from sweet crude they get 47 gallons of refined gasoline from one barrel of crude. The oil that goes into your engine is a product from the seperation of this crude and its this oil that remains from a specific seperation process as with the other deseriable oils for other lubrication needs, depending on the market at that time, taken out for thier needs too. In a through world is why the u.s. armed forces vehicles can burn anything from gasoline to peanut oil in thier vehicles. It all burns and its all lubracants but it depends on the market which oils they will be making from day to day. The common seperation process is seperating those comodities from one another at the time of demand and delivered to thier needs, Different weights of oils etc. in crude are distilled to thier diffrent weights and needs. You would think that crude (OIL) is full of motor oil but it isn’t. This ratio of gasoline and with its oils we need to lubricate with, is distilled at the same ratio of use as it is coming from the ground verses our buidling and maintainence needs of everyday use. Thier are alot of different weight oils (densinties of them) in crude from oil for your auto to watch oil for the finest watches made in switzerland. Oil is oil but its the specific weights that makes them diffrent and determines thier uses and the way the worlds built we use them percentage wise fairly equaly every day.