refining Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 28 May 2013 14:39:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Shape-Sorting Compound Could Reduce Fuel Prices, University of California Says https://www.greenoptimistic.com/shape-sorting-compound-could-reduce-fuel-prices-university-of-california-20130528/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/shape-sorting-compound-could-reduce-fuel-prices-university-of-california-20130528/#respond Tue, 28 May 2013 14:39:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=37698 Supply and demand have some effect on fuel prices, but there are a lot of intermediate steps that go into the price you pay at the pump. Of course, it starts with how much it cost to initially extract petroleum from reserves underground. Transportation overseas and rail and by truck add to costs, and then […]

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