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barjeman Rookie Author Arizona Posts:1 Points:120 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Aug 7, 2012 1:45:42 PM Ignore barjeman Report Abuse Diesel is the cheapies to make and everything depend on it. Example: Farming, who grow out food. Trucks that take our food to the stores. Trains that bring merchendice to the stores. Transportaing. And so much more. Bring the Diesel prices down to a $1.00 and the country will recover over night. Example: More money to feed our family, so we have more money to buy items in stores, and this will make more jobs. Question: Why want the media talk about DIESEL, but focus on gas. If we have extra money for food and other items, who cares about gas?

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Message Posted: Aug 7, 2012 1:45:42 PM

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Diesel is the cheapies to make and everything depend on it.
Example:

Farming, who grow out food.
Trucks that take our food to the stores.
Trains that bring merchendice to the stores.
Transportaing.

And so much more.

Bring the Diesel prices down to a $1.00 and the country will recover over night.

Example:
More money to feed our family, so we have more money to buy items in stores, and this will make more jobs.

Question: Why want the media talk about DIESEL, but focus on gas.
If we have extra money for food and other items, who cares about gas?

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MIT05 Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:4,147 Points:1,387,325 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Aug 12, 2012 11:06:09 PM Ignore MIT05 Report Abuse $3.759 here
HeavyDuty_cache Champion Author Omaha Posts:12,964 Points:2,480,660 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 12, 2012 8:02:46 PM Ignore HeavyDuty_cache Report Abuse I doubt that the OP will come back to see any responses. Post and run.
Cummins2500 Champion Author Iowa Posts:3,128 Points:752,375 Joined:Jan 2007	Message Posted: Aug 12, 2012 7:58:55 PM Ignore Cummins2500 Report Abuse Another reason diesel is high is because we export approx 45,360 gallons or more every day to other countries. FYI approx 35,000 gallons of the diesel we export is the newer 15 ppm ULSD.
WEPSMAN Champion Author South Dakota Posts:10,506 Points:2,021,935 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Aug 12, 2012 9:21:30 AM Ignore WEPSMAN Report Abuse You made several points why it is so high. With the amount that is used, that keeps the price up. Also, with the mandate of ULSD, that added refining costs.
PithyOpiner Champion Author Stockton Posts:16,184 Points:1,593,545 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Aug 11, 2012 11:04:25 PM Ignore PithyOpiner Report Abuse barjeman for economist of the year!!!
hornet17 Champion Author Vancouver Posts:1,323 Points:440,865 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Aug 8, 2012 9:44:15 AM Ignore hornet17 Report Abuse more diesel cars = higher prices for diesel.... people will pay and think they are getting a 'deal'.
kupper24 Rookie Author Lincoln Posts:22 Points:15,375 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Aug 8, 2012 9:36:46 AM Ignore kupper24 Report Abuse The cost is based on the Federal ULSD mandate, federal and state taxes and the speculative markets that drive the price of oil. Diesel really is less refined then gas but theses things and greedy oil companies drive the price.
chemist74 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:13,510 Points:2,395,980 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Aug 8, 2012 8:20:10 AM Ignore chemist74 Report Abuse Diesel costs a lot more to produce than $1 per gallon so no oil company would sell that low. Your post is so full of spelling and grammar errors that your opinion loses all credibility.
MIT05 Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:4,147 Points:1,387,325 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Aug 7, 2012 11:56:43 PM Ignore MIT05 Report Abuse $3.759 here
HeavyDuty_cache Champion Author Omaha Posts:12,964 Points:2,480,660 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 7, 2012 6:57:52 PM Ignore HeavyDuty_cache Report Abuse ULSD cost more to produce, also we have a lot of military equipment that runs on Diesel Fuel. Ground vehicles in Afghanistan, two carrier groups in the Persian Gulf and those ships burn fuel like crazy.
TrixieNY Champion Author Buffalo Posts:2,701 Points:655,110 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Aug 7, 2012 6:05:19 PM Ignore TrixieNY Report Abuse Why does Radio Shack ask for your phone number when you buy batteries? I don't know!
1OILMAN Champion Author Alabama Posts:2,069 Points:155,610 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Aug 7, 2012 3:55:02 PM Ignore 1OILMAN Report Abuse Because they mixed it with bong water?
brerrabbitTX Champion Author Houston Posts:1,023 Points:18,145 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Aug 7, 2012 1:51:18 PM Ignore brerrabbitTX Report Abuse In what world can you justify diesel selling for $1.00 a gallon when the oil it is refined from costs $2.20 a gallon based on WTI and $2.63 a gallon based on Brent pricing? And what do you base your theroy that it is the cheapest to refine on? Since the Feds required the new ULSD standard for diesel in the US it has become a lot more expensive to refine. Any cheaper higher sulphur diesel that is produced gets sent to South America because they have more lax regulations concerning the sulphur content of diesel.