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Re: Diesel prices in U.S. top $6 a gallon for first time

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Post by fransje26 »

rob74 wrote: post #19
t1234s wrote: post #12

In the late 90's/ early 2000 Diesel was about the same cost as regular gas and then at some point its about the same cost as premium gas. Is there any reason why Diesel costs more? I was always under the impression that it was a less-refined fuel therefore cheaper.

Supply and demand? Over here in Germany, Diesel was cheaper than (any kind of) gasoline for a long time, but that has also changed recently (Gemini says since Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022, so another thing to blame Putin for), now it's about 5% more expensive...

> Gemini says since Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022, so another thing to blame Putin for), now it's about 5% more expensive...

No. That's not correct. It got more expensive than gasoline since the attack on Iran.

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Post by sleepyguy »

tyingq wrote: post #56
sleepyguy wrote: post #11

The Ukraine angle is another cheap shot by CBS (state sponsored news). Prices are rising because of Trumps adventurism in the the ME and now that the Houthies will likely control the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, world markets are reacting. There is nothing stopping US refineries from producing more diesel, you can use both sweet and sour, this is speculators squeezing the markets. What a great time it should be to electrify…

Genuinely curious...the output drop in refining from Russia is not also a large factor in diesel (and other Petro) price hikes? Or are you saying the Ukraine drone strikes have not affected the output at a scale where it matters globally?

Check historical prices of diesel. Diesel has been up since April 2026 when Trump launched his war against Iran regardless of what Ukraine has been doing. This is the same story with weapons, the Trump administrations blames Ukraine for their lack of Weapons to fight Iran, if you look at the weapons they are using to fight Iran, 95% of them were never given to Ukraine.

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Post by toomuchtodo »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #45
thendrill wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You think the planet is gonna run out of oil before it runs out of water.... interesting.

Refinery capacity is the bottleneck, there are only ~420 of them that remain [1] globally. We won't run out of oil, we will run out of refineries as they slowly close over the next 10-15 years. No new ones will be built, out of stranded asset risk. The more painful oil is now, the faster permanent changes occur to destroy the future demand curve [2] [3]. An EV deployed today will last long into the future, while ICE…

Saudi Arabian oil pipeline system hit by projectiles triggering fires - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49661610 - September 2026

Re: Diesel prices in U.S. top $6 a gallon for first time

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Post by laimewhisps »

krior wrote: post #180
laimewhisps wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t think the US is a sovereign nation. No one wanted this war but we did it anyway. Our politicians are all bribed and blackmailed by Israel.

And who votes for those politicans?

People who aren't given a choice to vote for anyone else. I personally do not vote for this reason.

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Post by xingped »

pc86 wrote: post #36
xingped wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought I heard once it was because diesel might be more polluting than regular gas and thus has extra taxes on it? I could be entirely wrong though.

You are not required to repeat uncited and likely incorrect suppositions.

Okay and where are yours or literally anyone else's citations in this thread? Because I don't see any citations on any other comments and every other explanation could be just as equally as wrong without them. Why don't you go reply with this to every comment here? I'm sure everyone will appreciate you for it.

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Post by avidruntime »

disgruntledphd2 wrote: post #62
iso1631 wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This would not be happening if the USA had not launched an attack on Iran This was the desired effect though, as higher oil prices means more profit for US based oil producers. I'm sure that will trickle down any time now.

> This was the desired effect though Honestly, I think you're giving far too much credit to the current US government.

Personally I think the hanlon's razor approach is an intellectually lazy thought terminating cliche that provides cover to people/groups who do act with malice.

A US administration sympathetic to Russia stands to benefit from higher oil prices.

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Post by josefritzishere »

avidruntime wrote: post #186
disgruntledphd2 wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This was the desired effect though Honestly, I think you're giving far too much credit to the current US government.

Personally I think the hanlon's razor approach is an intellectually lazy thought terminating cliche that provides cover to people/groups who do act with malice. A US administration sympathetic to Russia stands to benefit from higher oil prices.

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Post by Whatarethese »

OptionX wrote: post #43
WarmWash wrote: post #16

If oil starts ruining the financial picture on top of just the...global welfare of every living human picture, then maybe, just maybe people will actually give up their addiction.

I'd be more than willing to go electric if someone sends me the cash to get an electric, because if I could replace my diesel-guzzling 11yo I would.

Years ago you could easily get $10k+ off MSRP on an EV. Why did you still hold out?

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Post by Nifty3929 »

ssijak wrote: post #87

Its weird that american people never protest anything in big masses, or at least its very rare and almost never happens for core livelihood issues (wars, cost of living, corrupt politics...). It's so different compared to Europe, and I was always wondering why. Is it better propaganda machine or?

Americans are too busy working for all that. Their GDP per capita is almost double leading EU countries, except for a couple of outliers like Ireland and Switzerland.

You can complain about what you don't have, or you can work to produce it.

Then again, Americans are sometimes called workaholics, working far more hours. So in some ways this is just a lifestyle choice.

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Post by nullocator »

laimewhisps wrote: post #127
krior wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No. The US is a sovreign nation. Noone "made" them act like that, they did this all by themselves and now thy try to shrug the responsibility.

I don’t think the US is a sovereign nation. No one wanted this war but we did it anyway. Our politicians are all bribed and blackmailed by Israel.

I think a great many Democrats could have warned you this type of war was not only possible but likely under Trump. People made an active, conscious decision to vote for him or to not vote. No one to blame but themselves for this, they got what they voted for (yup non-voters also share the blame, no one can feign ignorance on Donald Trump or the Republican party). Not that it matters, the rest of us get to suffer the consequences right along with them.
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