Half of it must be down to the greedy oil company's, i remember when is started driving vans for work 15 years ago diesel was half the price of petrol, more people use it these days so do the oil company's charge more for it???
Diesel contains more energy per gallon than petrol. Thus, should really cost more! Quite why it has come down in price is a mystery to me though.
Keith
But it cost's a lot less than petrol to produce so on that basis should be cheaper. The goverment (that means you Gordon Brown) decided to put the duty up higher on diesel when more people started to drive diesel cars-nothing to do with wanting to raise revenue-oh no, it was all to do with the environment. Just like approving a 3rd runway at Heathrow will help the environment-NOT..................