Diesal Prices

supply and demand

diesel pickups
with the increase in diesel pickups over the years the demand for diesel has gone up while they still get the same amount of diesel out of a gallon of oil.

time of year
fall is here and winter heating oil is being pre bought at this time.

supply outlets
every station sells gas but not every station sells diesel so the markup is greater on diesel at the station level. about .10 to .15 more.

then you need to realize the money being spent on new diesel refining cost. someone needs to pay for all this new equipment; and guess what; we elect you; common man diesel buyer.

ULSD may be part of it.

Although a normal year without the switch to ULSD they'd be claiming it was that they're starting to ramp up production of No. 2 Home Heating Oil.

Some would grose it's because they don't build more refining capacity due to environmental regulations; people like me would point out they've merged a lot and shut down enough capacity we can refine less fuel today than 30 years ago -- hey, helps the profits three ways! Less competetion, normal stuff like maintenance/seasonal changes/government formula changes create shortages so we get to charge even more, and you didn't invest in more capacity either.

And the bottom line:

Because people will pay it.