Wednesday, March 19, 2008

What's the Deal with Diesel Prices?

February 18, 2008. On Rudolf Diesel's birthday, we celebrate the innovations that he brought to the evolution of combustion. What a really amazing, efficient machine the Diesel engine is! And Rudolf envisioned his engine as a way for the common person to get power in a world dominated by large, expensive, polluting steam engines. So here we are.

The price of diesel fuel in Greenfield is $4.25 today! If you're looking for a bargain, go to the Pride station on King Street in Northampton. A steal at $3.99/gallon. Why such a difference? For that matter, why is diesel so much more expensive than gasoline?
Biodiesel too?

One more reason to love waste vegetable oil: So far, it's out of the reaches of the volatile commodities market. If you're willing to clean some WVO, you can drive for free.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Now it's late September 08, and boy was I wrong about the commodities market and yellow grease! I heard a statistic that fall is typically the low point for fuel prices. Plus every election year for the last 7 elections has seen super-low gas prices preceding the election... Right now in Greenfield, diesel is something like $4.04, after reaching a high of $4.95 over the summer. And waste oil? It's not cheap anymore.

Anonymous said...

Can anyone confirm that petro diesel is more expensive than gasoline because of increased taxes on petro diesel?