The Fuel You Never Buy Just Hit a Record (And You’re Paying for It)

Diesel just hit a record $6.53 a gallon. Most Americans never buy a drop, but it moves almost everything they do buy. We follow it through a truck, a refinery, a pipeline and two wars: how one weekly government number becomes everybody’s price, why diesel costs more than gasoline, and what the 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis did to it. 0:00 Intro 0:37 The workhorse 1:25 The Monday number 2:22 The diesel premium 3:17 Two wars 4:44 The plumbing 5:47 What comes next 6:26 The verdict #Diesel #Economics #Trucking #Inflation #OilPrices Sources: EIA weekly U.S. diesel prices EIA Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update, Oct. 27, 2026 EIA annual diesel prices Transport Topics: ATRI 2025 trucking costs FHWA Highway Statistics VM-1 ATA freight share UPS fuel surcharges S&P Global: Russia and Europe’s diesel imports CRS: distillate supply issues Wikipedia: 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis Oil & Gas Journal: IEA October 2026 report EIA Winter Fuels Outlook 2026 EIA refinery capacity, 2026 FRED CPI