1. Why is diesel fuel so much more expensive in the US? In MA, it
costs at least 10% more, reducing its advantage.
John, two quick comments:
a) over the course of a year, diesel is NOT more expensive than
gasoline. Diesel is more in the winter (when demand for home heating oil
is high) but much lower in the summer. Averaged over the year, diesel
and gas are within a penny of each other per gallon.
b) Even if diesel were more, it would have to be a *lot* more to negate
the advantage. Consider two VWs; if the gasoline version gets 30 mpg and
the diesel gets 45 mpg, and gas were $2/gal, then the diesel would come
out ahead until diesel exceeded $3/gal. Even if diesel were $.50 more
all year round, you'd still be saving money. Unfortunately, 'Merkins
ain't so good at math.
jh
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