Thanks to the EPA..................
“The price of diesel is a disgrace. It’s noticeably cheaper to refine than is Regular...”
That used to be the case, but starting around 2007, the feds required all diesel fuel in the US to be low sulphur. This regulation was courtesy of George Bush and Christine Todd Wittman if I recall correctly. It forced the refineries to invest huge amounts of money in refinery upgrades (desulphurization units).
The low sulphur fuel allowed emissions control systems to be installed on diesels like those used in cars (without getting fouled up with sulphur). That’s why diesel prices went up so much.
Back in the Seventies diesel was cheaper than gas. Then, the gubmint boys figured out that all of those heavy trucks out there ran on a diesel and the taxes went WAY up to the point that diesel is now, at times, half again more expensive than gas
>>The price of diesel is a disgrace.It’s noticeably cheaper to refine than is Regular yet for much of the year is higher than Premium.
Part of the issue is taxation. There is typically a big difference in taxation to the detriment of diesel. It is seen as a commercial/truck fuel, so there are relatively few voters who care, so it ends up getting taxed at higher rates. You can dig around at the API web site and get the exact numbers by state. I think the differential was about a dime in my state when I looked hard about 18 months ago, when I was making a powerplant choice on a car I was ordering. I went petrol for a variety of reasons.
Thank ULSD.
was cheaper than regular today