2006-12-24 12:18:13 · 5 answers · asked by AVA 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
All guesses, all wrong. The EPA says you can have only so much sulfur in diesel, and to get it out takes a lot of refining, and a lot of money.
I wondered about it myself for awhile, because diesel is the first thing that comes off when cracking crude oil, so it is cheap to make, but low sulfur diesel is another matter.
People were asking the same question about unleaded versus leaded gas. Unleaded is higher because it has to be refined nearly to the rated octane and additives put in, whereas leaded could have started out as 80 octane and enough cheap tetra-ethyl lead added to make 87, 89, 91.
2006-12-24 18:19:16 · answer #1 · answered by eferrell01 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Extra taxes are placed on consumer diesel since the EPA has deemed it more pollutant than gasoline. New low sulfur diesel should not be subject to that tax and will most likey be cheaper than 87 octane. By the way, the trucking industry doesn't pay the same price as you would with your VW Beetle TDI. They are not subject to the same taxes, and you can be fined heavily for pulling your little TDI up to a truckers refuelling station!
2006-12-24 22:27:04 · answer #2 · answered by mtbdude 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They price it high because THEY CAN !!
Think about this the next time your driving on a freeway. If the trucking stopped in this country your local store would be OUT of food in 7 to 10 days.
Most people think about truckers as hauling big boats or some odd hunk of heavy metal. In truth, MOST of the trucks on the highway are hauling food of some kind.
We need food.. The truckers haul food.. The trucks burn diesel..
Are you getting the picture? Its not about taxes although the taxes are high for the very same reason.. Because THEY CAN..
If I could make my rig run on peanut oil, peanuts would be highly taxed.
Its all a matter of supply and screw the demanders....
2006-12-24 20:55:19 · answer #3 · answered by o_r_y_g_u_n 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tax mostly. diesel should be cheaper because it is a less refined fuel so it costs less to make. higher taxes higher prices. could be more demand for diesel at the moment that would drive the prices right up
2006-12-24 20:42:17 · answer #4 · answered by will 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because winter is near and that's one of the heating resources
2006-12-24 20:38:04 · answer #5 · answered by Victor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋