Diesel Debate

[Michael McLaughlin]

I generally think the U.S. market is ripe for a diesel revival, but  
one factor that could ruin it is the price of fuel. Where I live  
(Spokane, Wash.), diesel has consistently been at least a dollar more  
per gallon than premium unleaded. I recently ran some numbers at  
fueleconomy.gov using the price of fuel locally, and none of the  
diesel vehicles I plugged in (a couple Mercedes-Benzes and a Jetta)  
were more economical fuelwise than their gas counterparts.

-Mike