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Subscribe to this threadAnalysts predict diesels to make up 20% of U.S. market by 2020
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Disgruntled Goat @ Apr 15th 2008 8:44AM
So it'll be up to 20% from what? 0%? 19%? Not terribly informative. And unless the cost of the car is the same why bother buying a diesel? Diesel here is over $4 per gallon while regular unleaded gasoline is running around $3.30. If I have to pay more I'd rather have a hybrid and just not buy as much fuel.
Gregg @ Apr 15th 2008 8:59AM
Diesel fuel cost is the fly in the ointment. Demand for diesel is way up and will continue to grow quickly. So pressure on price may prevent the usual summer softening of diesel fuel prices. For the past few years, I could count on paying less for diesel than gasoline at least for several months of the year.
In Europe, the cost of diesel is moderated by the government, or you wouldn't see 50% of the fleet using it. This will have to be sorted out here as well. Otherwise, people will not pay a premium for a diesel car only to come out about the same overall on purchase and operating costs. Plus, what are the truckers to do, besides pass higher prices on to all of us (practically all our goods are trucked)?