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Beaker
Explorer
Mar 26, 2014

VA diesel drivers

I have a second house in VA and for the last 4 years have driven back and forth between here and there. In VA the price for diesel was usually in the $3.62-$3.72 range while here mostly in the $3.89-$4.09 range. Drove up to VA last weekend and it was in the $3.89 range, with one place having biodiesel at $3.33. Loved filling my AUX tank and saving $10 to $15 a fill up. (not with the biodiesel)

Why has it risen so high lately after holding steady for the last 4 years?
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  • fatmanobx's avatar
    fatmanobx
    Explorer
    Mar 26, 2014
    :B
    DutchmenSport wrote:
    Because its a conspiracy against diesel drivers! We have too much "power!" :)
    :B
  • Led_67's avatar
    Led_67
    Explorer
    Mar 26, 2014
    Surprisingly enough Diesel is actually a byproduct of Gasoline and it has always been cheaper to refine...However with the current taxation using the excuse that there are more trucks causing more damage they justify the tax increases then we get into the new bio blends and low or ultra low sulpher diesels and then big brother steps in with EPA saying that diesels are dirty and yadda yadda yadda....Well you get the point.
  • Beaker's avatar
    Beaker
    Explorer
    Mar 26, 2014
    "..and the station had diesel for $3.54 "

    What area was this?
  • DavisK's avatar
    DavisK
    Explorer
    Mar 26, 2014
    I'm not sure where you checked in VA. I bought gasoline for my car yesterday, and the station had diesel for $3.54 and premium was $3.58. I paid $3.18 for regular.
  • mdamerell's avatar
    mdamerell
    Explorer
    Mar 26, 2014
    Diesel is #2 fuel oil with additives. Home heating oil is #2 fuel oil. Long cold winter, high demand and because they can.

    The switch from low sulfur to Ultra low sulfur fuel also drove up the price.

    No Keystone pipeline.

    Because they can.......
  • robsouth's avatar
    robsouth
    Explorer II
    Mar 26, 2014
    Because they can. Plain and simple. It is not like some things that folk would stop buying if the price got high. People will buy fuel at "whatever" price. Could you do without?
  • KD4UPL's avatar
    KD4UPL
    Explorer II
    Mar 26, 2014
    Last year the governor proposed a sales tax increase to pay for road construction. He promised to lower the gas tax to help appease people. That makes no sense to me. The gas tax should pay for roads, not the sales tax.
    Anyway, what they didn't mention was they were raising the diesel tax. So, us diesel owners got higher sales and fuel tax.
    Thanks government.

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