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Originally Posted by HarryT
I suspect the price differential is a taxation issue. I don't believe that diesel is inherently more expensive to produce than petrol. They are generally the same price (to within a penny a litre) here.
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Diesel used to be cheaper in the U.S., which kicked off the initial U.S. diesel car boom in the 70s... but prices have risen quickly in the last decade, faster than gas. More likely, it's the subsidies granted to the oil companies keeping the price of gas
down.