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by epolanski 89 days ago
Diesel primarily impacts logistics though, not nearly as much personal transport.

You can cope paying 50$ month per month in diesel if you drive that much.

But at the scale of logistics companies, often tied to fixed pricing it's a tragedy.

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~Construction and agriculture also run on diesel~ (edit..OPs comment was germane to the thread, and correct, logistics by large the majority of diesel usage on this report).

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_cons_821dst_dcu_nus_a.htm

The spikes in fuel costs are enough now to eat the entire profit for a trip, and then some.
Petrol is just s as expensive though