[Vwdiesel] Price of Diesel in Ohio

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

Premium diesel (BP, Shell) is around $2.21/gallon in Cleveland area today, 
at the stations I passed.

PREMIUM gasoline 93 octane is bouncing around between $2.07 and $2.17, 
(Shell) in different towns within 60 miles of each other. Pick an 
average.........$2.12

If the diesel vehicle averages 40mpg (1985 Jetta TD) and the PREMIUM 
gasoline vehicle averages 30mpg (newer mid-sized upscale V-6), the cost of 
fuel per mile is:

221 cents/40 miles = 5.53 cents per mile for diesel power

212 cents/30miles = 7.07 cents per mile for gasoline power

5.53 is what percentage of 7.07?     5.53/7.07 =0.7822    0.7822 x 100 =  78.2%

Looks like there is still a cost advantage using diesel power.

A gasser getting 35 mpg using REGULAR ($2.00/gallon):  200/35 = 5.7 cents 
per mile, almost the same as diesel.  A Honda Civic manual shifter would 
come pretty close to that if you did a lot of highway driving.

Your numbers and conclusions may vary, depending on which gasoline-powered 
vehicle you select for the comparison, and how you drive it.  On the other 
hand, running on french fry oil is probably a lot less expensive than any 
of the above examples.

Doyt