You're really just looking at the green band on this graph:
Posted on 10/04/2026 11:58:06 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A day at a truck stop in Texas shows an industry essential to the U.S. economy under tremendous pressure
ORANGE, Texas—Across the 12 fuel lanes at the Flying J Travel Center off Interstate 10—where rigs carrying soft drinks, steel, Mexican produce and Mississippi-bound car parts rumble to a stop—the economics of trucking have broken down.
Diesel prices have been climbing most of the year, recently hitting a record national average retail price of $6.53 a gallon, up nearly $3 from the average a year ago. President Trump floated an export ban on diesel, but on Friday that threat seemed to fade after G-7 countries agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil from emergency stocks.
The moves were an acknowledgment that soaring diesel prices are the clearest sign of inflationary pressures from the U.S. conflict with Iran, with the effects rippling into the broader global economy. Nowhere is the impact more obvious than at the Flying J, just over the border from Louisiana at the crossroads of a U.S. consumer economy that runs on diesel.
On Thursday, diesel at the Flying J hovered around $6.26 a gallon. Agron Berani pulled the pump out of his 18-wheeler loaded with steel and electrical supplies bound for Beaumont, Texas, and pointed to the screen with a groan: $944.44. A year ago in Texas, the same 151 gallons would have cost around $500.
He took out his credit card, already loaded with around $8,000 of debt, and swiped.
“We have to do what we have to do,” said Berani, who is 56 and lives in Yonkers, N.Y. “I can’t sell the truck. What...”
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To NATO and the rest of the global crime syndicate:
IT’S LIKE A THUNDERSTORM, YOU CAN’T STOP IT!
So you might as well just relax and enjoy it, lol.
And yes, I’m referring to exactly what you’re thinking.
One of the reasons diesel is so expensive is state taxes. Many states realized the biggest purchasers of diesel was truck drivers who don’t live in the state, don’t vote in the state, just passing through. Consequently, many states have loaded the taxes on truckers. Here in Alabama, there are two diesel. One for ‘on-road’, read truckers. And One for off-road, read farmers. Farmers live in the state and farmers vote in the state so minimal taxes on off-road diesel. Don’t get caught with off-road diesel in an on-road vehicle. Different colors. I used to own a tractor.
No.
What the hell kind of nonsense is this?
I thought you was dead?
Every cent of transportation cost is passed on to the entity buying the wholesale product then they pass that on to the entity buying the retail product.
This is basic freshmen level economics. While it make a good story the truth is all costs are born by the consumer everything is passed through and if this one owner operator is not willing or able to pass through then they are a failed business and should be removed from the market. That’s how markets work.
I say this as a partner in a class A CDL LLC running hot shots and luxury vehicles out of port of L.A. To Vegas and the imperial valley. We pass every cent of fuel costs to the entity requesting the transports. Plus all the administering and accounting time too it’s all rolled into the price of getting objects from point A to B
Yeah, well, see... what you got there is a statement that has a question mark added to it.
You have asked no question, so the use of a question mark is low IQ special needs.
I am not currently dead that I am aware of.
Good to see you breathing!
I dont believe you. PROVE IT! (or something like that).
It’d be cheaper overall to finish off Iran as we should have the last three weeks in April instead of that retarded “cease-fire”.
Wouldn’t take much to take out Kharg Island and their grid.
All we’d be spending now is some humanitarian aid money.
The more fuel-efficient railroads have a substantial ability to take loads back from the trucking industry:
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RAILFRTCARLOADSD11
A locomotive can move a ton of freight about 423 miles on a gallon of (diesel) fuel.
If a bottle of California wine weighs four pounds, and one drinks a bottle a day every day for 365 days, and the bottles have to be shipped 3,000 miles to the local warehouse, how much fuel is needed?
At $6.20 a gallon, how much would the fuel cost?
If the fuel went up in price 60% in the past year, how much did the increase cost?
Do not emote, calculate.
4x365x3000 = 4,380,000
4,380,000/(2000x423) ~= 5.18 gallons
($6.20x4,380,000)/(2000x423) ~= $32.10
($6.20x4,380,000x6)/(2000x423x16) ~= $12.04
“Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy, which tracks U.S. gasoline prices, estimated that 60% to 65% of the recent diesel price spike stems from Ukrainian attacks on Russian facilities, with the remainder caused by Iran’s efforts to choke off transit through the Strait of Hormuz and other vital transit points.”
https://politifact.com/article/2026/sep/15/diesel-oil-russia-ukraine-prices/
If the Ukrainian Armed Forces are responsible for 60% of the increase, how much would Trump and Bibi be responsible for?
($6.20x4,380,000x6x4)/(2000x423x16x10) ~= $4.82 over 365 days
Trump and Bibi might be costing Mr. Oenophile about two cents a day.
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At current U.S. diesel prices around $6.29/gal, a typical wheat harvest can cost about $15–$24 per acre in diesel alone, depending on fuel use and field conditions.
Bing AI
In 2026, U.S. wheat is projected to average about 47.8–49.5 bushels per acre, with estimated production costs ranging from $150 to $300 per acre depending on region, wheat type, and management practices
Bing AI
A standard bushel of wheat weighs 60 pounds (27.2 kilograms).
Bing AI
Total farmer cost of diesel is less than a penny per pound of wheat at current price.
Increase might be around one penny per two loaves of bread (which has water in it).
In 2022, the diesel prices were not that different, only the news media didn’t tell you how bad it was 24/7, because Biden was President. The high was $5.81 with an average price of $4.99 that year. The high (year to date) this year is $6.53, but the average is $4.97.
https://worldoilmonitor.com/diesel-price-history
You're really just looking at the green band on this graph:
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