Originally Posted by cruentus
When I was a boy, back in the 70's, diesel fuel was indeed much cheaper than even the lowest grade of gasoline. The reason diesel fuel is more expensive than gasoline is because taxes on diesel are higher these days...
Actually, diesel prices have just recently (within the past year) surpassed gasoline prices. I know this because we drove our diesel pusher motor home all over the U.S. in the past three years (note: we have recently sold the motor home). During those travel periods, diesel was always lower in price than any of the other grades. Be the increases resulting from taxes or a GOP effort to take some cost pressure off of gasoline...it is wrong, and should be reversed for the overall good of the common citizen.