Regular gasoline priced higher than diesel
Today, in Denver, I saw something I haven't seen for a long time: gasoline more expensive than diesel fuel. Regular gasoline was $3.789 and diesel was $3.669. Has anyone seen this anywhere else?
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- In Alabama regular gas is 3.13 diesel is 3.65
- Diesel dropped to 3.42 here in north Dallas, Texas...cheapest I ever seen since I bought my Dodge cummins in 2006!!!
69 Avion wrote:
for the last 20 years or so, diesel has cost more than gasoline.
More like 5 or 6 years...about 1 year after we bought a diesel!
Recenty diesel is less expensive than gasoline in our area also, I hope the trend continues.
I am not sure it is diesel getting less expensive or gas getting more expensive?!
Oh well...you don't play this game to save money!
B- In California the fuel tax is 5 cents higher for diesel than for gasoline. But with only two predatory refinery companys, Valero and Tesoro, in the state the price for diesel is normally higher than the price for premium gas. Like Enron the Texas oil companies love to come to California to loot and pillage.
Gasoline also requires low sulfur oil stocks which is why the US government will do anything to keep the Saudi Arabia government happy. Their "sweet" crude is cheaper to refine as it starts out with a much lower sulfur content.
Cost has little to do with the price of diesel or gasoline. A third of the amount we pay at the pumps goes to the guys trading futures at Goldman Sachs and Chase and the other speculators - and that is from the mouth of the chairman of Goldman Sachs. And has anyone noticed the record profits of the oil companies year after year after year?
When I was first starting to drive there were multiple independent refineries in California and they would be selling regular gas at $0.22 per gallon while the majors (Chevron, Shell, Union 76) were selling at $0.32 per gallon or 50% more than the independents. Now the independents are gone and we have a duopoly. 69 Avion wrote:
When I was young, diesel was $.25 per gallon and gasoline was $.35 per gallon. Since diesel is a crude fuel, it amazes me that for the last 20 years or so, diesel has cost more than gasoline. It sounds like the public is getting ripped off again.
Not the case anymore. Diesel is now more expensive to refine than gasoline because of the ultra low sulfur content.69 Avion wrote:
When I was young, diesel was $.25 per gallon and gasoline was $.35 per gallon. Since diesel is a crude fuel, it amazes me that for the last 20 years or so, diesel has cost more than gasoline. It sounds like the public is getting ripped off again.
We're in the early stages of our truck fleet converting to natural gas for the cost savings. May be wishful thinking on my part but I have some small hope that as this progresses the price of diesel will once again be lower than regular 87 octane on average. It'll take a few years, but I plan to hang on to this truck for quite some time.- When I was young, diesel was $.25 per gallon and gasoline was $.35 per gallon. Since diesel is a crude fuel, it amazes me that for the last 20 years or so, diesel has cost more than gasoline. It sounds like the public is getting ripped off again.
- Here in Lompoc C.A.
Reg $3.87
Diesel $3.90 - Pennsylvania, Regular gas $3.39, Diesel $3.79
- Here in Perth, Western Australia, Gas is about $1.40/ltr and Diesel $1.50/ltr.
Diesel is always 12-15 cents a litre more.
