It’s too bad Diesel will never fall below the price of Regular again.
I’ve never understood what the heck diesel is? is it some different kind of chemical formula from regular gas? in law had a diesel care maybe 25 years ago? I think.
I knew a disgusting jerk who used to fill his station with regular and sell it as unleaded. I was a kid so I kept my mouth shut but he probably got caught because he was a big mouth.
It rose due to EPA requiring Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel. Diesel now requires extra processing to remove the sulfur down to 15 parts per million.
But don't worry, diesel will be below the price of gasoline again. Not because diesel is going to get cheaper, but rather because gasoline is going to get more expensive. The EPA is now going to do the same thing to gasoline.
Tier 3 Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards Program
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/tier3.htm
The Tier 3 program is part of a comprehensive approach to reducing the impacts of motor vehicles on air quality and public health. The program considers the vehicle and its fuel as an integrated system, setting new vehicle emissions standards and lowering the sulfur content of gasoline beginning in 2017. The vehicle standards will reduce both tailpipe and evaporative emissions from passenger cars, light-duty trucks, medium-duty passenger vehicles, and some heavy-duty vehicles. The gasoline sulfur standard will enable more stringent vehicle emissions standards and will make emissions control systems more effective.
Diesel is cheaper than Regular gas in SW Michigan.
When the S level in gasoline has to drop, it could happen.
Diesel reached parity with regular gasoline here last week
The price at Sam’s for both was $2.34 per gallon last Friday
My van murmured appreciation as I filled the tank
“It’s too bad Diesel will never fall below the price of Regular again.”
The feds tax diesel more, so that is a very significant item as why it may not.
BTW, the feds want to raise it even more.