Supposedly left leaning sources are talking about big happenings this week... Anyone else hear anything?
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You have that backwards fren, oil is chains of complexed compounds of hydrogen and carbon, the more refined it is the simpler that chain becomes, but it's still just hydrogen and carbon. Diesel is closer to the oil, (being less refined) than gasoline. That's why gasoline cost more to produce.
So an oversimplified view is you start with oil to get to diesel to get to gas.
I've never understood why diesel is more expensive than gas at the pump. If there is less processing, it should cost less. Is it taxed higher?
Yes, it's historical been a commercial fuel, so that taxation cost is absorbed / passed on to the consumers.
It's the government stealing off the top of transportation revenues, and the market balancing that liability, when you're talking logistics.