Diesel Tops $6 A Gallon As Fuel Prices Smash A New Record

U.S. diesel has crossed $6 per gallon for the first time. Prices have nearly doubled from their year-ago level. Tight global supplies and depleted U.S. inventories are driving the surge. There are plenty of ways rising fuel prices can sting, but diesel has an especially long reach. It powers the trucks hauling cars, the equipment building roads, the tractors working fields, and a sizable chunk of the machinery that keeps America’s supply chain moving. Now, for the first time, the national average price of diesel has crossed the $6-per-gallon mark. var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== “DESKTOP”){ adpushup.triggerAd(“0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8”); } else { adpushup.triggerAd(“82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f”); }…

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