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Holland and Holland had interchangeable recoil pads on double shotguns a number of years ago. It was a slick system and looked as good as you would expect from them. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work on a double rifle.

Early biodiesel suffered from a lack of lubricity and highly variable fuel performance. It’s probably been 20+ years since I looked at it so much may have changed.

I have talked to Craig Boddington about areas in general. He is very knowledgeable and very willing to share ideas.

Sort of, but definitely a different spec. I produced it out of the Fairbanks refinery. -60 pour if I remember correctly.

Add arctic diesel to your list.

I ran a major processing facility ($3.5 B steel with 350 staff), and then a division for a Fortune 500 company. I can assure you that every plant manager, divisional president, and the CEO cared deeply about the safety and well being of every one of our employees. We are all on the same team...

You really should go through some of my old posts if you want to fully understand the situation. It’s much more complex and foolish than you alluded to to.

It’s way more than tax. Look up CARB specs or search my past posts.

You may find this hard to believe, but some guys who run oil refineries truly care about their people and don’t want them to get hurt.

California fuel prices have nothing to do with the oil companies and everything to do with the idiots they elect to govern.

Fascinating idea. You would know better than I if the US could protect a soft target like Kharg. I believe that it was moving a couple million BPD prior to the war. Control would not bring that back online as Iran would not pump oil to it if the US held it. However, post war control would...

Those aren’t the tankers waiting to transit the straight.

Not at all. Let’s say you have a VLCC loaded with 2 million barrels of crude. I don’t know what the vessel is worth, but the cargo is worth somewhere around $160 million USD. Would you sail that into the straight of Hormuz uninsured with some drones still getting through?

Any of the three calibers you listed will do the job just fine. I would only take one rifle, and that would be the one I had the greatest confidence in.

A refinery configured for heavy sour (coking refinery) can run light sweet crude. They would likely have to run at reduced rates due to higher light fractions content. The real problem is it is not economical. These refineries have a heavy investment in metallurgy and bottoms conversion...