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One, and Im not saying this completly justifies it, but one of the reasons diesel is more expensive now, is beacuse we have moved on to ultra low sulfer diesel. One of the things that the sulfer did for the engine was lubricate it. Now to make up for the lack of sulfer, there are addititves that need to be added that did not need to be before. Add that to the cost, and we get prices higher than normal. I agree however that it does seem to be much higher than it should be now.
However the cost of diesel is offset by the economy that it can provide. For an extra dollar a gallon, you can go another 15-20 miles per gallon. When you look at it that way, it just makes sense.
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