Diesel Fuel Rises 4.1 Cents to Record $2.053 a Gallon

he average retail price of diesel fuel in the United States rose 4.1 cents per gallon to $2.053, a record high, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

The price, a third straight weekly record, is 60.8 cents higher than the same time last year, a 42% increase.

The trucking industry burns an estimated 650 million gallons of diesel fuel each week, equating to $395 million more in fuel costs for the same week this year over last year.

Gasoline is 36.5 cents higher than a year earlier. Trucking uses about 290 million gallons of gasoline each week.

The price of diesel rose by about 6 cents throughout the country, rising by 6.88 cents in California to $2.29 a gallon, the highest price in the nation.

Each week, DOE surveys 350 diesel-filling stations to compile a national snapshot price.

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