The U.S. national average price of diesel on Thursday surpassed $6 a ​gallon for the first time ever, according to price tracker GasBuddy, as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s refineries have squeezed supply.

Diesel ‌fuels trucks, trains, ships and heavy equipment that keep global supply chains moving. It is also crucial to running farm equipment.

The latest surge in fuel costs is adding to inflationary pressures that have already strained consumers and businesses this year, creating a political headache for Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers as they seek to defend thin congressional majorities in November's midterm elections.

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[–] 43 points 2 months ago*

Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s refineries

*Ukraine's defense from the Russian invasion

An invasion facilitated by the first Trump administration.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I hope it goes to $10+ per gallon. $6 would be a bargain in other countries.

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  • Looking diesel go for 2.17€/lt in Italy and that with a 0.17€ discount made from cutting taxes on it (so it's actually 2.34€/lt) makes me wish we had $6 per gallon. Would cut our prices by 1€/lt straight. Lucky I have an EV, but if I hade an ICE I'd be fearing the day I have to go to the gas station as the day the mortgage payment arrives.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    "Gas prices aren't high." - Trump

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    It's really kinda ironic to see as a German that the US is nearing our prices and those we've been paying / ripped off forever all losing their mind. Our current diesel price, if I calculated correctly, is around 10$/gal.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Only thing to be careful of is that US gallon is only 3.79 litres, not 4.55 litres like it is in the UK. (Makes the fuel economy of American cars seem even worse than they really are.)

    If the diesel price is about €2.33/l at the moment and the dollar is about €0.86, then German diesel is ~$10.26/gallon at the moment.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    But we took in trillions and trillions in tarrifs, enough to give each person 5,000

    /s

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    That makes the cost of everything hauled by truck go up.

    And trump says he delivered on every single campaign pledge.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    BUT I get to Assault CHILDREN so it's WORTH it!

    -LITERALLY Republican Voters!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Ukraine's attacks have not raised any prices. It's oil refineries they've been hitting, not petrol storage facilities. All that unrefined oil is simply moved to mostly India and China - refined product is not impacted by that.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Remind me on November so I can compare the price of gas then to now

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  • I'm in France right now and the gas is in the 2.30€ / L.

    In Montréal Canada, the gas was near 2$ / L before i left.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    by design.

    Expensive Diesel = hyper inflation, which benefits any shitholes with $40T in debt.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Awww those poor retarda in F350's. Let me get out the world's smallest violin.

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  • The price of diesel affects pretty much everything. How do you think stuff gets to your local shops? Your grocery? How do you think bulk foodstuffs are transported over land and sea? How do you think bulk agricultural fertilizer is transported? The precursor chemicals for bulk fertilizer?

    You understand my point, I trust.

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    [–] 12 points 2 months ago

    Imagine being one of those dumbfucks that went out of their way to alter their penis compensation vehicle to "roll coal".

    Hope they are enjoying what they most likely voted for, too. 🤣

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    Lowkey hoping that a record-shattering el nino will give us 60F February again here in the northeast. ...dyed diesel (home heating oil) is already circling $5.50/gal.

    Most homes in the northeast, at least in my experience, are natural gas or oil.

    Our electricity is already something like $0.40/kwh...so electric heat without solar is equally absurd.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Gas always costs the same if you just put 20 bucks in

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