Have you spotted CHEAP Diesel lately?

[GrayHawk51]

Prices going up in California again... It's due to the 20 cents tax that went into place Jan 1. and then the "summer gas" preparation by the refineries...

[DKRITTER]

I paid $2.189 at the Buc-ees in Bastrop Texas Friday, man I wish I had a bigger tank.

[RVhiker]

CLH5 crude oil on the NYMEX electronic exchange is up today by $1.43 to $49.67/barrel. Maybe oil is on the way back up. Or maybe not.

[RedHorse1]

I stopped at the Buc-ee's in Baytown (I-10) on my way to Baton Rouge this morning and found some more cheap diesel.
Reading the business section of the Houston Chron over the last several weeks I notice the idle rig count is steadily increasing which means lots of our upstream work force is being laid off.
I really enjoy the cheap diesel but think I'd sleep better paying more like $3/gal. I'm sure the price of oil will go back up but when and how much? In the interim what's the REAL cost to us all?
In any case here's what I paid:

[xtruckerbob]

I paid $2.17 for diesel in Delhi Louisiana.

[jal0710]

Well, our diesel finally dropped below $3.00, down to $2.949, unfortunately that is still $.95 above the price of unleaded, a $.95 differential. I wish somebody could explain to me, in terms I can understand, why a significantly less-processed product is so much more expensive than unleaded gasoline.