Diesel prices raced ahead on unleaded prices several years back when the government mandated low-sulfur formulations. That, and the requirement for diesel exhaust fluid and the poor performance of government-mandated pollution controls has made what was an affordable, reliable system too expensive and too maintenance-intensive to be of any real value.
I got rid of my last diesel in 2017 and haven’t been happier.
“””Diesel prices raced ahead on unleaded prices several years back when the government mandated low-sulfur formulations. That, and the requirement for diesel exhaust fluid and the poor performance of government-mandated pollution controls has made what was an affordable, reliable system too expensive and too maintenance-intensive to be of any real value.”””
You are correct. I will also add that gasoline and diesel prices are a supply and demand issue.
For gasoline—— electric vehicles and converting corn to ethanol have created an over supply of gasoline.
For diesel—— the banning of heavy fuels on ocean going vessels has increased the demand for diesel.
I still have my Mercedes diesel car and I remember the days before the above events and diesel was lower priced than gasoline.