Why don't Americans simply buy crude directly and distill it at home? This is all fairly simple fractional distillation and even if you don't do the fancy stuff that refineries do like "cracking", you should more or less still come out ahead if you sell the diesel and keep the gasoline for personal use and disposed of the rest in a sewer or a storm drain somewhere.Curious why more people aren't doing this considering the insane 3:2:1 crack spread of oil right now.
>>62690113Illegal most places and the equipment and feedstocks/inputs cost far more than the savings.Delivery alone probably costs more than the savings
>>62690113Indeed. The most "complex" refinery is in India, that tells you how complex it really is.
>>62690113Americans should stockpile their poop and use it as fuel for the winter.
>>62690113>BitumenSo the road is made of... Fuel?Why don't we use the road to go forward?
>>62690113if you have car with engine from the 1940's then maybe?
>>62690175Because it makes mustard gas when you burn it
>>62690113I have a small unit in my bathroom. I plug it in in the morning and it also provides heat. Kinda sucks when there is an upset and I have to flare until I can get it shut down.
