<div dir="auto">I also "dug down" into the resons for diesel fuel being more costly than gas. I found some legit facts, as you did, Jim.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 8:58 AM Jim Adney <<a href="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org">jadney@vwtype3.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 26 Oct 2023 at 14:07, Gary Forsmo wrote:<br>
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> But diesel was *never* as low as gas. That makes absolutely no sense to me. <br>
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I believe there is actually good reason for diesel fuel to cost more than <br>
gasoline. It's simply because diesel has more energy content per gallon than <br>
gas.The Wikipedia entry on Diesel Fuel has really good information on this, <br>
giving the energy content of Diesel to be 9-14% higher than gasoline. Which <br>
is somewhat lower than the traditional "premium" that has been charged for <br>
diesel over gas. But the premium we saw on this latest trip seemed wildly, <br>
and oddly, higher.<br>
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There may have been a time when diesel fuel was a more crude product, <br>
but, at least in first world countries today, it's just as sophisticated as <br>
gasoline, at least for #1 and #2 diesel.<br>
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Taxes add quite a bit to fuel prices. Federal tax on Diesel is about 30% <br>
higher than on gas. State taxes vary widely: more than half of the states tax <br>
Diesel and gas the same, but many tax Diesel more than gas. Texas has one <br>
of the lowest fuel taxes, while California is one of the highest. (Pennsylvania <br>
is actually the highest, while Alaska is the lowest.) Again, Wikipedia has <br>
good info on this.<br>
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA<br>
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