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Originally Posted by btimbit
Interesting. Has this always been the case, or just something that started becoming more common with more efficient engines?
Seems wild to me that paying to haul all that heavy fuel is cost-effective. Entirely depends on their suppliers and deals I guess, but still, I'd think there would be very diminishing returns of needing to bring extra fuel just to haul the weight of the extra fuel. Guess that's why I just assumed it was rare
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As long as I can remember, so like 20 years? And calgarygeologist brings up another point, exchange rates. But again it is all calculated for what is most cost effective based on the extra fuel burn to carry extra weight, the price of the fuel at origin and destination, and the exchange rate.
It doesn’t happen all the time, but it is pretty common, depending on all those factors.