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DIESEL TROUBLES * Mexico & USA - Hits other cities in the USA
Despite the arrival of a gasoline cargo tanker yesterday, the diesel crisis in the Tijuana area has extended to Baja California's other major cities...
Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico –San Diego Union Tribune (San Diego,CAL,USA), by Omar Millán González -June 22, 2008: -- ... Dozens of drivers of long-haul trucks and public transit buses canceled or reduced the number of trips they made in Ensenada and Mexicali yesterday, two days after diesel started running short there... Gasoline in Mexico is heavily subsidized by the federal government. Regular, 87-octane unleaded sells for $2.54 a gallon, 91-octane premium is $3.20 and diesel is $2.20... Those prices were a magnet for California drivers who have flocked to Tijuana to fill their tanks. Starting June 13, Pemex was unable to meet the demand for diesel at stations nearest the border. That led to a cascade of shortages that have slowed and in some instances paralyzed the movement of people and goods in urban centers... Jesús Reyes Heroles, director general of Pemex, said in Mexico City that gas stations along the border should limit sales to U.S. citizens... Rationing gasoline to U.S. visitors would be another blow to the tourism sector, already battered by reports of violence and organized crime...
* Diesel fuel: The hot new heist
St. Cloud,MN,USA -St Cloud Times, by Kari Petrie -June 22, 2008: -- It's a crime that happens during the quiet time of night when no one is around, especially in the most rural areas... A truck with a large tank in back pulls up next to a long line of semitrailers. Methodically, someone goes down the line, hooking up siphoning equipment and stealing gallons of diesel fuel from each one... They work quickly, sometimes leaving the gas caps on the ground next to the tanks. The theft goes unnoticed until the next morning when drivers check their vehicles... As diesel and gasoline prices continue to climb, so do gas thefts. But it's the thefts of diesel fuel that hit business owners the hardest. Stearns County has had 10 such thefts this year, totaling almost 3,800 gallons of stolen diesel. At today's price, that's almost $18,000 in stolen goods... A year ago all that diesel would have been worth just less than $11,000... (Photo by Kimm Anderson/St Cloud Times - Tony Scepaniak's father's company, Scepaniak Inc., lost 900 gallons of diesel May 5 to thieves. The fuel was worth about $3,600) Labels: diesel troubles
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