4 dollar gallon gas is here

[YerDugliness]

Originally Posted by SP01715

It will most likely get worse. Two of my vehicles are diesel and the last time we had a run up like this I was paying $5.00 a gallon (about a dollar more than regular gas).

Not sure I understand this, either. Isn't it easier to refine diesel from crude? I remember back in the '70's that diesel was quite a bit cheaper than gasoline, so what's the deal with the switch? I realize there are more "consumer" diesel vehicles on the roads these days, but it doesn't seem to me that there are enough to justify the price differential. Is it an increase in diesel use by the "big rigs"? I know that the agriculture industry has changed their land tillage procedures drastically, land that was typically plowed every time there was a rainstorm back in the '60's and '70's is now only plowed once a year (if that much), so agricultural use of diesel would have decreased.

What's up?

Cheers from Dugly

[SP01715]

Originally Posted by YerDugliness

Not sure I understand this, either. Isn't it easier to refine diesel from crude? I remember back in the '70's that diesel was quite a bit cheaper than gasoline, so what's the deal with the switch? I realize there are more "consumer" diesel vehicles on the roads these days, but it doesn't seem to me that there are enough to justify the price differential. Is it an increase in diesel use by the "big rigs"? I know that the agriculture industry has changed their land tillage procedures drastically, land that was typically plowed every time there was a rainstorm back in the '60's and '70's is now only plowed once a year (if that much), so agricultural use of diesel would have decreased.

What's up?

Cheers from Dugly

It does not make sense to me . When I bought my first diesel in 99 I was paying alot less than regular gas. Over the years since then diesel has slowly risen to the point now where it is usually higher than premium. When I owned my gas stations I asked several people who worked for Conoco why diesel was so much higher and never got a good answer. You see alot less people driving diesel trucks around here now compared to 4-5 years ago, so you would think demand would be down. I don't know what the answer is, but I don't expect to see it flip back to the way it used to be any time soon.