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Old 01-24-2012, 04:36 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
...here in Tucson, AZ, the diesel-to-gasoline cost ratio is 1.28:1 [$4.059(d) / $3.179(g)], so in order for diesel to come out "ahead," it had better get 28% better fuel economy than its equivalent gasoline-powered counterpart...which means >51MPG!

...and, that's NOT considering any other cost "uppers" such as the higher "going-in" cost of the diesel engine versus the gasoline engine.
Same in California. The numbers I was quoting from gasbuddy are in Seattle where the gap seems to be slightly smaller but not by much.
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Originally Posted by CigaR007 View Post
Oddly enough, diesel used to be cheaper than gasoline, at least where I live.
When most of the developed world replaced their old gasoline cars with diesels, that all changed. The US is a net importer of crude oil and gasoline and a net exporter of diesel fuel. If this trend continues, the diesel passenger car doesn't have a future.
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