Real competition would take care of a lot of this. Or simply invoking the anti trust laws and anti vertical integration Teddy Roosevelt used to break up these same monopolistic cartels over 100 year ago. It would take about three days to change policy if such a blockade were accompanied by a clear and direct message, such as an export tax on refined fuel products, or no export of fracking-produced petroleum. How about three days of carefully, safely and coordinated blocking key freeways across all major cities in the country? It would take about 500,000 people. So your only option is your numbers and your ability to invoke fear. They are smart and they have vast resources. They know the real reasons for illogical pricing differentials before we do. So, the answer can only be to do what strikes fear into the hearts of legislators or their owners. Our rent-a-politicians, from the most newbie state assembly man/woman to the White House are owned, lock stock and barrel by the power elite, of which the petroleum industry is at the top of the heap. Let's shut our trucks off for two weeks and see what happens. Kudos to the truckers! You do a great job. Maybe we need more middle class wage earning politicians who understand the value of a dollar. The price increase really hurts the economy by increased consumer costs for goods and a decline in recreation.
99 cents a gallon for diesel fuel! Still less than gasoline. Why then hasn't the price of diesel fallen in response? Because prices are manipulated to serve the purposes of TPTB. In Kenosha over the border into Wisconsin it's still like $3.89 a gallon! I almost want get rid of my Jetta TDI because it's costing me even more money to drive now. Gas is $1.97 in Illinois 45 minutes north of Chicago and I'm still paying $3.19 a gallon for diesel. I was gonna buy a diesel truck to haul my toy hauler.
I can't vouch for why the truck stops don't start being competitive, but I guess make hay while the sun shines. It is simple greed, at least for this station owner. Stop all the conspiracy babble and oil company sticking it to the world. I take a beating on regular unleaded margins, and make it up on the higher grades. Until my competition (there aren't many selling diesel around here) starts lowering their price, no reason for me. Why? First, we don't sell a tremendous amount of diesel (less than 10 percent of fuel sales), and second, because we can. Currently, June 2015, my cost of diesel is a good 20 cents cheaper than regular unleaded, yet my pump price is about 35 to 60 cents higher. Gasoline is even lower in heat value than #2 Diesel.Short story, it ain't the same thing.Let me give you some real world numbers. Know, though, that you will lose fuel efficiency by doing so. Is used to 'winterize' diesel.VW-Audi says to mix up to 30% regular gasoline to the fuel in their diesel engined cars for cold weather operation. Stank to high heaven when they ran low.Kero has less paraffin than regular diesel, so doesn't gel as quickly, to plug fuel filters on diesel vehicles. Kero, also known as #1 Diesel, actually has higher BTUs than #2 Diesel, or fuel oil, or home heating oil, or Jet Fuel.Formerly sold as 'Water White K-1' fuel oil, probably because of the Kerosun heaters everybody bought 20 years ago or more. You can have them fill some 55 gallon drums.local gas stations may charge a premium since they have to maintain the equipment and storage tank for a low volume seasonal product.
Both products are now ultra low sulfur to avoid damage to 2006 and newer truck emission systems, but kero has a lower flashpoint than diesel, therefore diesel won't burn as cleanly in your kero space heater.Since diesel engines can run on Kero, kero and diesel are taxed at the same rates to prevent evasion of taxes, and can contain as high as $.70 per gallon tax, depending on state and local tax rates.some paint supply stores sell Kero in 5 gallon pails for use as thinner.If you use more than that, check with your local heating oil suppliers, some of them may run a kero truck.
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