In my neck of the woods, Diesel is selling for $3.69 a gallon as of this week. I ask how can a fuel that actually requires less refining to produce than gasoline be way more expensive? I filled up my gasser F-150 this evenin for $2.99 a gallon.......even when FORD comes out with a diesel F-150, I'll pass & keep my gasser...........no Powerstroke for me!.............

 

LOL....."again"

And yes I have seen the price...

 

I hear ya man. I rode down to Atlanta and over through Talladega to Birmingham with my friend over the weekend in his new Peterbilt and I couldn't believe how high the diesel prices were.

 

Yeah, matter of fact I have. $3.17 up here. Down from $3.35 at school.

 

Suggest this is due to laws of supply and demand.

Suspect that diesel demand is a bit more constant - after all, semi's are going to keep rolling, farmers are going to keep farming, etc. When supply tightens, demand is still there, driving prices up until a balance is once again obtained, at least in theory.

Gas users may be a bit more flexible - prices go up, driving and related demand goes down as much as possible.

From the http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfa...wable/oil.html website "One barrel of crude oil, when refined, produces about 20 gallons of finished motor gasoline, and 7 gallons of diesel"

Thoughts or counter-points?

 

Diesel here is always $.40 higher than gas.

 

Well, as for demand, Farmers around here are pretty much done and out of the fields, so, demand should be going down. isn't there some winter blend crap for diesel also?

 

Around here, about the only difference in the winter diesel vs other seasons is an additive to keep the fuel from gelling in the extreme cold. I dont know if that is at every pump though.

 

gas here = 3.25 a gallon diesel according to truckers is pushing 4.35 a gallon

 

Diesel and heating oil are very close to each other...add to that the cost of winter blends and the price is always higher in the winter.

R/
Craig

 

The average 18 wheeler holds 250-300 gallons of diesel. Lets go with 2 150gal tanks.

2 x 150 x $3.80= $1,140.00 to fill up!!!

That's unreal.

 

Diesel here has always been cheaper than gas.
Dieselprice has gone up a lot for diesel lately here too.

 

Yes... less refining but there's a lot more demand. The US is far less dependent on diesel than Europe and, as such, diesel stays below gasoline (for the most part) which, like you said, makes more sense because of the refining time and such.

Gas, on rare occasion, will be more expensive than diesel here in the US. Rare though.

 

Diesel is taxed a lot lower than gas in Europe.

 

Last year I ran diesel in my garage furnace because it was the cheapest fuel that I could use in my furnace.This year diesel is more expensive than kerosene so I've been using kerosene.Also around here the price of diesel is higher than the price of 93 octane gas.