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To: Wayners who wrote (126779)	3/18/2012 10:03:50 PM
From: grusum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224738

Wayners, it's an interesting question.. maybe it's because: 1) we don't ship all the gasoline abroad. we consume a substantial amount of it, so there isn't as much gasoline leaving as there is oil arriving. that means that there's more oil being shipped than gasoline being shipped. also most of the other developed countries that refine oil, consume a lot of the gasoline in their own country, so again, there's less gas shipped out than oil being shipped in. 2) the oil leaves from more places that are dangerous to navigate, and the gasoline leaves from and goes to more places that are safer to navigate.

To: Wayners who wrote (126779)	3/18/2012 10:06:04 PM
From: lorne	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224738

Wayners...I use to work on Imperial oil steam ships on the Great lakes and I know they shipped Gasoline as well as oil around Great lake ports. Ocean going vessels don't really know. We were not allowed to wear boots with steel cleats on them for fear of sparks...course then there was always a crew with chipping hammers removing old paint from steel plating...always wondered about that. :-) The Imperial Hamilton tanker which I spent most time on blew up in port with a load of gasoline in 1961.