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Originally Posted by BReif61 View Post
One reason that has been brought up before is that your average consumer would balk at them once they see the price of diesel fuel.
True, dat. However, I tend to look at the price per mile and tco. Diesel hands-down. Diesel also can run on other fuels, such as bean oil and (maybe?) Jet-A, so John Q. Public looking only at pump diesel isn't looking at the whole picture. Diesel is also better environmentally, as has often been pointed out.

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