Sure, but that was a gradual transition in the composition of the fleet, driven at least in part by attrition. What I noticed was the *suddenness* of the price increase for diesel fuel, starting last year. The price had been tending upward along with gasoline prices for years, but all of a sudden it both outpaced and exceeded the price of gasoline. That's what I don't understand. Either some tipping point was reached, or the price increase was contrived.
(I picture oil company executives sitting around a conference table. One of them says, "Hey, I know! Users of diesel fuel have had it easy for way too long. It's time to stick it to 'em, just like we do the gasoline folks! The trucking and railroad industries run on diesel, so what can they do? We've got 'em by the balls!")
Living in California where diesel pbuttenger cars haven't been sold in years, I tend to forget that VW is still selling them elsewhere in the States. Anyway, my point wasn't to catalogue current automobile product lines, but to illustrate that in California at least, diesel pbuttenger cars are extremely scarce -- and that therefore, they can't be making a significant contribution to the overall demand for diesel fuel.
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