Snow and Diesel
Just wondering if snow has any effect on your price of diesel? Here in the Hudson Valley area of NY, Sun. diesel was $3.89. We had 3-5 in. of snow on Monday, Tuesday's price,$4.25, quite a jump I'd sa...
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Stefonius wrote:
A lot of the homes in the northeast are heated with #2 fuel oil, which is basically dyed diesel fuel. With this cold weather, demand has gone up quite a bit. My supplier is having a hard time getting enough to fill his contracts. If I had to guess, I'd say that the higher prices in the NE are probably due to the cold.
EDIT: It also doesn't help that Governor Corbett raised taxes on diesel and fuel oil by almost 14¢ per gallon on January 1st.
And as I understand it, there are more increases due in the coming years. :(
