So This Is Christmas

Merry Christmas is such an infectious feeling I like to feel that way all year around.

So if you are visiting just before Christmas, just after Christmas or even here on Christmas day I am sure you will find something of interest for you and in the spirit of Christmas.

It may be said that Christmas is no longer a celebration but this must be spoken by people that have never had trouble closing their eyes on Christmas Eve in an expectation of what maybe left for them on the carpet under the tree.

I continue to look forward to the surprise on my Grandchild's faces to this day at Christmas events.

Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Could There Be A Way To Try To Keep Diesel Price Rises Down?

By Jay Defilipo


Just about the most important commodities on the monetary landscape is diesel fuel. Transportation is a vital ingredient of virtually all industries, and transport is reliant on diesel. With every rise in the price of diesel, the cost of hauling products goes up, and therefore the price of the product goes up, also. Should you want to slow up the increases, you need to know their root cause.

Finding out the buying price of a gallon of gasoline is dependent upon several basic factors. The biggest element of the cost is the price of the crude oil, which is approximately sixty percent, and that is just for the raw material. The next step is for low sulfur diesel and other petroleum by-products being extracted from the crude oil, for which purpose it is taken to the refineries. Around 20% of diesel fuel's cost is made up from getting around one tenth of a barrel of diesel from a full barrel of crude.

The end price of diesel is attained by adding the marketing costs, distribution costs and taxes levied by authorities. A supplementary excise tax of 10% is put into the price of fuel manufactured within our borders. Domestically refined fuel will likely be cheaper because foreign fuel, while avoiding the excise tax, has to pay an import tax, Even though only 5 percent of the price comes from marketing and distribution, it is the factor that affects the value of diesel fuel the most. The policy of supply and demand applies to all commodities, so the price will certainly go up when supply is low and/or demand is high. If supply continues to be unaffected it means steady prices and if demand then falls prices could well go down.

Whenever one country relies on another for its oil, the security of that country may affect the price that is charged. If there are monetary embargoes or conflicts, the price of crude oil can go up, and so will diesel prices. Although a country may possibly raise prices for a variety of reasons, it remains that the buyer country willing to pay the highest price will get what it wants. Travel volumes climb at selected times of the year, which indicates greater demand for fuel, which finally means that you will experience higher prices at the gas pumps.

Shortages in supply, whether these are caused by war or by a supplier trying to impose its point of view, usually result in prices going up. Unfortunately the buyer is left with the bill anytime oil companies prefer this way of competing for business. Finding methods to reduce your usage of fuel is about the most effective thing a consumer can do.




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