average price of diesel

• Burning Up Profit

An American Farm Bureau Federation price survey for basic supermarket items like corn, meat, milk and mayonnaise indicates an 8 percent jump in price for the kind of stuff most people buy. The companies charge a 6.25 percent surcharge for ground service, a fee linked to the average U.S. price for a gallon of diesel fuel.

• Billings Gazette, The
• August 26, 2009

• Halt Strategic Oil Buys

According to AAA, the average retail price of regular, unleaded gasoline reached $3.50 per gallon last week. The average price of diesel fuel is even worse - $4.20 per gallon. Consumers face inflationary pressures at the pump, at the airline ticket counter and from the cost of transporting goods. Worse yet, the summer driving season hasn't started.

• The Washington Times
• May 04, 2008

• Trucking Industry Fuel Bill Approaches $100 Billion; Ata Further Revises Upward Diesel Fuel Costs Estimate for 2006

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Trucking Associations (ATA) today revised upward the trucking industry's 2006 fuel costs; projecting motor carriers will spend $98.3 billion on fuel in 2006. The revised estimate follows the release today by the Energy Information Administration of an adjustment in its 2006 forecast of the national annual average price of diesel from $2.59 per gallon to $2.70.

• U.S. Newswire
• May 09, 2006

• Truckers Still Feeling Pinch of High Gas

When the average price for a gallon of diesel fuel hit nearly $5 last summer, it provided a swift punch to the gut of Mississippi's trucking industry. "Last summer's record diesel prices, coupled with an historic slowdown in the economy, created a perfect storm for the trucking industry," said David Roberts, president of the Mississippi Trucking Association.

• Mississippi Business Journal, The
• October 13, 2009

• Price of Diesel Fuel Rises Sharply

Southland gasoline prices have crept up in recent weeks, but the rise in diesel fuel prices has been far more dramatic. On Wednesday, the average price for a gallon of diesel fuel in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area was $3.19, up two cents from the previous day, but up 35 cents from a month earlier, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California.

• San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• December 14, 2006

• Diesel Nearly Even with Unleaded

The average cost of diesel fuel and regular unleaded gasoline in Utah is now about even, for the first time in almost five years. If Utah follows national trends, diesel could soon be cheaper in the Beehive State, too. Utah is one of just four states where the average cost of diesel fuel exceeds the regular unleaded fuel price.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• June 02, 2009

• Average U.S. Price at Pump for Gasoline Rises to $2.919

The average U.S. pump price for regular gasoline rose 0.5 cent to $2.919 a gallon in the week ended Monday, the U.S. Energy Department said. Prices are 68.4 cents higher than a year ago, according to the department's weekly survey of about 800 filling stations. The average price of diesel rose 2 cents to $2.896 a gallon, the report showed.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• May 02, 2006

• A Weekly Look at Pump Pains

The average price of a gallon of gas in the capital city. __Regular__Mid.__Premium__Diesel

• The Topeka Capital-Journal
• February 04, 2008

• U.S. Gasoline Prices Rise to 7-Week High of $2.93

The average U.S. pump price for regular gasoline rose 6.5 cents to a seven-week high of $2.934 a gallon, as motorists filled their tanks for the Independence Day holiday weekend, a government report showed. The average price of diesel rose 3.1 cents to $2.898 a gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Department's survey of about 800 filling stations. The report covered the week ended Monday.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• July 04, 2006

• A Weekly Look at Pump Pains

The average price of a gallon of gas in the capital city. __Regular__Mid.__Premium__Diesel

• The Topeka Capital-Journal
• January 17, 2008