Just heard about a diesel shortage?

[chidog]

I think in the how high can it go thread we talked about airline fuel. Well in an emergency diesel engines can burn kerosene, trucks are more important than vacations on planes, right?
Anyone here know how much fuel a normal jet engine on say a 737 burns per hour?

 

[ecnorton2001]

Google says 5000 pounds (750 gallon) per hour. About 0.67 mpg for plane and close to 100 mpg/passenger.
I can do a lot of digging with 750 gallons of fuel.

 

[aighead]

I know it's barely anything to a lot of you guys but here I sit with 4 empty 5 gallon diesel cans...

 

[CM1995]

Don't know about jet fuel but my sphincter tightens exponentially when the fuel truck comes through the gate to fill our 2 - 500 gal tanks..

 

[terex herder]

It doesn't bother my sphincter nearly as much as my wallet.

 

[joe--h]

https://www.zerohedge.com/commoditi...el-shortage-eastern-half-us-freightwaves-says
Major trucking fleets across the eastern half of the US are preparing for an "imminent" diesel shortage, according to logistics firm FreightWaves.

Founder and CEO of FreightWaves Craig Fuller said "3 very large fleets" are preparing for diesel pumps at fuel stations to run dry. Drivers of these fleets received notifications about fuel shortages that could materialize in the coming weeks across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions.

Major truckstop chains Loves and Pilot warning about imminent diesel shortages in the eastern half of the US

— Craig Fuller (@FreightAlley) May 11, 2022
Fuller tweeted several messages that drivers received from fleet operators. The notifications were alarming.

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— Craig Fuller (@FreightAlley) May 11, 2022
Another one pic.twitter.com/eQak0zptQW

— Craig Fuller (@FreightAlley) May 11, 2022
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— Craig Fuller (@FreightAlley) May 11, 2022
We’ve confirmed with a number of fleets they are hearing consistent messages from the stops

— Craig Fuller (@FreightAlley) May 11, 2022
Georgia, Carolinas, Maryland, and Pennsylvania - were the specific areas that could be impacted. We heard that as many of 25% of their retail locations could see shortages in the East

— Craig Fuller (@FreightAlley) May 11, 2022
He also tweeted what appears to be an unnamed industry insider explaining the historic mess hitting Mid-Atlantic and Northeast markets is a combination of crude being diverted from the US to Europe and supply chains issues along the East Coast.

 

[chidog]

Google says 5000 pounds (750 gallon) per hour. About 0.67 mpg for plane and close to 100 mpg/passenger.
I can do a lot of digging with 750 gallons of fuel.

Yeah but if the plane is close to empty then that mpg/ passenger goes way down. No matter it is still a huge fuel depletion, what is the daily world wide jet fuel burn? I bet it beats all other forms of transportation.

 

[Keith Merrell]

All of this has been caused intentionally, it is not incompetence...

 

[funwithfuel]

Politics aside, this is gonna be a rough ride for all the smaller players. Just like emissions pushed hundreds of Mom n pops out of business, this will too.

 

[John C.]

It’s 1973 all over again.

 

[Mike L]

It’s 1973 all over again.

What happened in 1973? That was a little before my time

 

[funwithfuel]

Gas lines, fuel rationing, could only get fuel on odds or even days. It was bad.

 

[John C.]

A manufactured shortage done by the oil companies. There was plenty of oil in Canada and private service stations made a bundle. Oil companies took over most all the private entities and got smart on how to make huge profits. Bohica!

 

[funwithfuel]

I've read that the "president " has canceled 2 additional oil leases, one in the gulf and one in Alaska. You would almost think someone is trying to destroy our country

 

[Birken Vogt]

We had something similar a while back here with full widespread power loss for days and 1 station open with a generator. Line was like half a mile. I always keep extra in the truck so never needed to wait in that line but I was thinking the difference between now and 1973 is that now you could go down to the station at 3am and use your card, maybe. That was my plan back then but never needed to use it.

 

[funwithfuel]

Now , we're going to have to lock fuel caps, armor plate the cats and put your welding cables in a locked cabinet. Anything that ain't bolted down or protected will be a target to bottom-feeding vermin.

 

[John C.]

Now , we're going to have to lock fuel caps, armor plate the cats and put your welding cables in a locked cabinet. Anything that ain't bolted down or protected will be a target to bottom-feeding vermin.

Nice to hear a positive assessment of the situation.

 

[funwithfuel]

Nice to hear a positive assessment of the situation.

Just me being me, sorry, can't help it.

 

[Truck Shop]

We've all ready had fuel stolen.

 

[Keith Merrell]

Now , we're going to have to lock fuel caps, armor plate the cats and put your welding cables in a locked cabinet. Anything that ain't bolted down or protected will be a target to bottom-feeding vermin.

Yep, we will do that so they have something to use their grinders on... I hate thieves