Diesel at $6.18 a gallon: the hidden cost in every delivery
Twelve months ago the national average price of retail diesel was $3.67 a gallon. This week the same gallon cost $6.18. That is a 68.6 percent jump in one year, and it is the number that does the quiet work inside your household budget, because diesel is the fuel that moves nearly everything you buy.
Key Takeaways Retail diesel averaged $6.179 a gallon in the week ended Oct. 12, up 68.6 percent from $3.665 a year earlier, per EIA weekly data. Diesel now runs $1.85 a gallon above gasoline, a gap that widened as gasoline eased to $4.331 a gallon in the same week. A single 60-gallon fill for a delivery van costs about $371 today, roughly $151 more than the same fill a year ago. Diesel is priced…
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