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Subject: [OM] Re: Diesel, wasFirst newbie question
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:21:21 -0700
There is a short article here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_oil

It really is synthesized, i.e., molecules put together in new  
arrangements, and the raw materials for the molecules can be be from  
a variety of sources. It was interesting to me that in South Africa  
diesel fuel is mostly a synthesized product.



Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA




On / July 3, 2007 CE, at 7:44 PM, Jan Steinman wrote:

>> From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> So what is "synthetic oil" made from ?
>
> I believe it is mostly derived from natural gas, with some petroleum
> additives thrown in.



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