Here in Missouri, While Regular unleaded gas is dropping below 2.79, Diesel prices are still at 3.09 in some parts. Any reason why? For most the summer I was usually paying .25 cents less than regular gas, now the tables have turned. This is my first year owning a diesel so excuse my ignorance if this question has been asked before.

 

This is more annoying than the high prices themselves. It is wacky, really aggravating. Our gas is right at $2.99 a gallon, and somehow, magically diesel ran all the way up to it (and over that in some spots). Rip off pure and simple. It's like waking up one day and saying silver is now worth more than gold. If everything is run on supply & demand, how in the world is the demand for Diesel shooting up that much in two weeks??

I'll be the first one to say this this season: "What are we going to do when home heating oil drives the price up?"

 

George W

 

Do not turn this into politics.

You are more than welcome to take that over here ----> http://www.all-politics.net/

Now back to your regularly scheduled thread.

 

As usual, the "Blame Bush" crowd jumps in with their 2 cents.

Gasoline users might be cutting back by driving less, but truckers still have to move freight, and farmers still have to gather crops.
Some oil companies are also probably starting to stockpile heating oil for the winter season.
As the temps start to fall, the price difference will probably grow as diesel fuel is essentially the same thing as Home Heating Oil.

 

Also lots of busineses are runnind diesel generators, to help the power companies out since they are over taxed with the heat.

 

Consider your self lucky in ND gas is 3.09 Diesel 3.32 I think right now they are using the winter is coming and their could be a hurricane excues. And we cant forget the ULSD excues

 

Because it can't possibly take more work from the refineries to get it from 500ppm to 15ppm...

 

Thanks for jumping in, I was about to unload on his total in-comprehension on this.

I heard yesterday on the news that theres a shortage of diesel especially in Colorado and many truckstops are limiting truckers to 50 gallons. The reason was harvesting has really increased demand and created a shortage along with 2 places that make diesel shut down.

Now as far as a national pricing structure, its simply greed. It was said that 1 gallon of crude makes 50 gallons of gasoline, so the oil companies are making big coin off the crude and then making more on the gasoline..

I personally think commodities traders should be jailed. here in Kansas we have laws against gouging, say if theres a ice storm and 100K loise power and a guy doubles the price for generators, he can be arrested and 100,000 fine. Not so with commodities traders, they raise the price if they see a percieved threat, not a actual event effecting supply.

 

Part of it is that comoities traders have to make enough on selling the stuff they have to buy the next batch, they don't just have to cover the cost of the current inventories like most retailers...

 

I'm going to go with the switch to ULSD is their reason for the price increase. BUT, it still is not as refined as regular gasoline so there is no real justification for the 10-30 cent increases in diesel prices. Oh, and oil futures should be taken back off of the commodities market. Someone sneezes next to an oil well and the price jumps $2 a barrel. Rediculous.

 

Mopar, What parts of your engine have failed or had to be replaced. A million plus miles is just too cool.
Joe

 

Quick question to all of the Rebublicans and then I'm done...

How many gallons of diesel are used daily in Iraq?

1,000,000...

~ the more you know

 

Considering the US military is the biggest user of fuel in the world that sounds about right.

 

I'm paying 2.99 for deisel, and gas is 3.12. I have no idea why it flip-flops from time to time.