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04-14-2012, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by firemachine69

Wow.

And my co-workers with TDI Jettas have been complaining about the five-cent premium over gas up in the great-white north...

The USA's heavy subsidization of consumerism (and especially gasoline) is at the heart of the crazy diesel prices, I would suspect. Truckers don't work for free, and diesel, IIRC, is cheaper to make than gas.

I would be interested to hear what you mean by heavy subsidization? So you mean ethanol?

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