Originally Posted By: Shannow
kirk, that's the zaniest post that I've ever read on BITOG, thermostats inclusive.
Think of a normal OCI of say 3,000 miles. A gallon of oil, that will be recycled into stuff, bunker fuel, roads, stuff.
In that 3000 mile OCI, there will be 100 gallons of fuel consumed, i.e. the lubricating oil is maybe a percent of the petroleum consumed by the car in 3,000 miles...It's a trivial amount in comparison to the fuel burnt in doing something, and it, in turn becomes fuel burned anyway.
If lubricating oils are now a byproduct that needs a market, why on Earth do group III prodcts exist, let alone PAO etc that are made to be lubricants ?
And if you think that this "byproduct" can add reasonable power to the grid (and cleanly), you need to do some research yourself.
Any idea how much oil it takes to start a coal burner, let alone provide power from that oil ?
Didn't think so.
Please tell the audience what happens when crude is refined. Once you research that topic, you will then know where cat. III oil comes from. You unwittingly answered and confirmed my above post.
Crude oil is "craked",creating all the idividual components,one of them lubrication oil. It's a distillation process in a sense. The fuel is the GOLD..NOT LUBE OIL. The more fuel we consume,the more crude is cracked,....the more lube oil. etc.etc.
Your post about the coal burner proves that burning oil is used to generate power.....that was my point in the first place...THANKS!!
DO you know how PAO is even created.
Answer my post regarding how much profit on fuel vs lube oil. Do you Know??
Didn't think so!!!!