Comments on: It’s been a while http://www.flashpointblog.com/2008/01/07/its-been-a-while/ The Unpredictable Union of Pragmatism, Idealism, and Cynicism Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:13:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Brian http://www.flashpointblog.com/2008/01/07/its-been-a-while/#comment-17555 Brian Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:20:18 +0000 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2008/01/07/its-been-a-while/#comment-17555 I was in a hurry and used Google's conversion tool, which claimed that 1 barrel equals 31 US gallons, without double checking their ratio. Apparently they use a "beer barrel" as the default conversion unit for a barrel. I'll update the numbers in the post after leaving this comment. Thanks for the correction on that! I was in a hurry and used Google’s conversion tool, which claimed that 1 barrel equals 31 US gallons, without double checking their ratio. Apparently they use a “beer barrel” as the default conversion unit for a barrel. I’ll update the numbers in the post after leaving this comment.

Thanks for the correction on that!

]]> By: Art Kling http://www.flashpointblog.com/2008/01/07/its-been-a-while/#comment-17552 Art Kling Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:57:36 +0000 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2008/01/07/its-been-a-while/#comment-17552 A barrel of crude is 42 gallons of which there will be varying amounts of gasoline, depending on the source of the oil. Generally, a refinery can produce 28 gallons of gasoline from a barrel with the other 33% being made up of jetA, diesel, heating oil, mineral spirits, etc. A barrel of crude is 42 gallons of which there will be varying amounts of gasoline, depending on the source of the oil. Generally, a refinery can produce 28 gallons of gasoline from a barrel with the other 33% being made up of jetA, diesel, heating oil, mineral spirits, etc.

]]> By: Reactionary http://www.flashpointblog.com/2008/01/07/its-been-a-while/#comment-17543 Reactionary Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:57:29 +0000 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2008/01/07/its-been-a-while/#comment-17543 Speaking of Gov. (who runs the NM economy) Richardson, I heard him say recently, within the same sentence, that he would get 'rid of corporate welfare' and 'provide industry incentives'. Huh? I guess it's only bad if he's not the one choosing who gets 'corporate welfare'. Speaking of Gov. (who runs the NM economy) Richardson, I heard him say recently, within the same sentence, that he would get ‘rid of corporate welfare’ and ‘provide industry incentives’. Huh? I guess it’s only bad if he’s not the one choosing who gets ‘corporate welfare’.

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