ShinerBock wrote:
Ah, I see what you are doing wrong. You are using the fuel prices in your area and not the national average for most people. And you said I cherry picked.
Again, we are talking about the AVERAGE truck buyer and not a small percentage. Most people have a much greater difference between gas and diesel prices due to many states having a much higher tax rate for diesel. Hence the reason why I was using the national average and not just one area. Why don't you plug in the national average fuel prices that MOST people pay in your equation and see where it gets you. Then you might see why I say that it s not enough of a dfference for most half ton truck buyers.
Here are the national averages by region - LINK
You are clearly the one cherry picking, I used every actual price nationwide. I didn't choose any region. My personal prices are actually a little higher than the ones listed.
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/PET_PRI_GND_DCUS_NUS_M.htm
Go to the link, select mid-grain gas or on-road diesel and click the graph. Then go to each data point for each fuel and check my numbers for all of 2017. Then go back and repeat it for the other fuel as well.
I'm not speculating diesel does this in this month..... and this in this month....., I'm using the actual national figures for each individual month in my calculations.
