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Warning: I'm totally ignorant on the subject. It seems like oil gets refined with gasoline going to cars and heavier fuels going to ships. Can we really say th
by seizethecheese 10y ago
Warning: I'm totally ignorant on the subject.
It seems like oil gets refined with gasoline going to cars and heavier fuels going to ships. Can we really say that cars are so much cleaner? Their fuel is surely subsidized by a market for the heavier fuels.
- macmac 10y agoYou are not crazy and this is exactly the right way to view the problem.
- maxerickson 10y agoA lot of the heavier fraction is cracked into gasoline. Refineries play both sides of the market, specializing to take certain types of oil as input and then working their process and the various destination markets to maximize their return. Here's one entry point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracking_(chemistry) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracking_(chemistry)