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Old May 21st 08, 01:05 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
Jim Logajan
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Default Diesel in a homebuilt?

stol wrote:
On May 20, 9:49*am, jan olieslagers
wrote:
stol schreef:

they are able to purchase 10,000 gallons of jet at about half the
cost of

diesel

????!!!! In what part of the world is Jet A1 cheaper than
(uncoloured) diesel ????


The USA ..............


In what year? ;-)

The facts, as best I can find:

Airnav provides an average retail price for Jet-A on a per state basis:
http://www.airnav.com/fuel/greatdeals/pocket?type=A

National average for Jet-A appears to be around $5.25/gal or so.

The U.S. DOE provides an average retail price for diesel on a regional and
national basis:
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/wohdp/diesel.asp

National average for diesel appears to be around $4.74/gal or so.

Of course that is retail price. No clue on wholesale. Still, Jet-A appears
to be more expensive at retail so I'd be surprised if wholesale prices for
for both would invert that relationship to the extent claimed. Not
impossible, just not credible absent supporting material.