GREED

 

Taxes. I'm orignially from the Northeast myself and DieselDemon can back me up here. NY, and the north in genereal hasinsane amounts of taxes on fuel, both gas a diesel. It just seems like whenever a state needs more money the first thing they reach for is additional taxes on fuel. Gets old in a hurry if you ask me.

 

I've heard the difference in price is cause the fed govt has increased oversight/regulation of the fuel.

 

good lord you make ME feel old

 

I hear that...I started rodeoing and going on the road a lot when I was 16 and gas at the time was in the 80 cents a gallon range and thought it was terrible to spend $30+ on a tank of gas. But now $75 is a steal and makes you wish you had a reserve tank in the bed.

 

damn straight! I remember when first driving I would pass by a gas station charging more thatn $1.00 a gal... now I try to find under $3/gal!!!!!

 

He make you feel old, hell when I was 19 you could buy a new ford pickup for $1,200.00

 

diesel technically should cost less then gas because it is a product of petroleum but it takes less refining to make so its cheaper to refine. has anyone here ever though of the biodiesel?

 

The reason they give when pressed for diesel being higher is the extra refining needed to remove the sulfer. I call BS because it took less refining to getthe diesel to begin with. Just like gas went up when they removed the lead. The only probelm with that is lead was an additive, not something that was removed. Greed is the only answer.

BTW, I remember gas in Jersey being <$0.50 a gallon. I also remember waiting in line for your alotment of gas durring the 70's. I was a passenger not the driver.

 

I'm sorry guys but things change fast and I hate it as much as you. I miss goin to rodeos with my mom in our old diesel and only playin like 1.50 a gallon. So you might be old but I gotta pay for it at a younger age. $80 for me to fill my pickup now. what did it cost back when I was born? 1987