California Fuel Crisis To Reach National Impact

California Fuel Crisis To Reach National Impact

California’s fuel situation has taken a sharp turn, with diesel prices in San Francisco climbing past $8 a gallon — a level not seen before in any U.S. city. Statewide, the average is now hovering around $7.67 per gallon, according to AAA, also a record for California. What makes the spike stand…

California Leads Nation in Diesel Price Spike

Diesel prices are rising across the nation, with California taking an especially hard hit as recent escalations in the Middle East continue to disrupt global oil flows. San Francisco on April 4 became the first city in the United States to record an average diesel price above $8 per gallon, according to fuel price-tracking platform GasBuddy. Patrick De Haan, the platform’s head of petroleum analysis, said on Saturday that California’s statewide …