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.
Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s refineries
*Ukraine’s defense from the Russian invasion
An invasion facilitated by the first Trump administration.
I hope it goes to $10+ per gallon. $6 would be a bargain in other countries.
It’s really kinda ironic to see as a German that the US is nearing our prices and those we’ve been paying / ripped off forever all losing their mind. Our current diesel price, if I calculated correctly, is around 10$/gal.
That makes the cost of everything hauled by truck go up.
And trump says he delivered on every single campaign pledge.
the ones that mattered, he did.
But we took in trillions and trillions in tarrifs, enough to give each person 5,000
/s
and a free meal in a Cuban restaraunt!
by design.
Expensive Diesel = hyper inflation, which benefits any shitholes with $40T in debt.
Awww those poor retarda in F350’s. Let me get out the world’s smallest violin.
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.
