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Diesel Fuel * USA - Still Pricey, Hurting State's Trucking Industry
Just not as much
Hatford,CT,USA -The Hartford Courant, by LYNN DOAN -October 12, 2008: -- Gasoline prices in Connecticut have been steadily falling — down $1 Friday since peaking in July — and so have diesel fuel prices. Diesel still costs about 76 cents a gallon more than regular gas in Connecticut, according to AAA, averaging about $4.14 a gallon in the state on Friday. Federal energy officials expect diesel to cost significantly more than regular gas well into 2009, especially as residents clamor for heating oil for the coming winter. Heating oil and diesel are basically the same commodity... This has left the state's trucking industry under siege... Amodio Moving Inc., a New Britain moving company, is auctioning its equipment in two weeks. Another moving company, Salka & Sons in Meriden, shut its doors this year, and a Canaan tanker-truck company, Hitchcock Bros., went out of business last year, said Mike Riley, president of the Motor Transport Association of Connecticut...Labels: diesel fuel prices
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