who can explain this ???

[funk51]

2022   $96.82   $76.08   $123.70   $76.08   $83.89   11.54%
2021   $68.17   $47.62   $84.65   $47.62   $75.21   55.01%
2020   $39.68   $61.17   $63.27   $11.26   $48.52   -20.64%
2019   $56.99   $46.31   $66.24   $46.31   $61.14   35.42%
2018   $65.23   $60.37   $77.41   $44.48   $45.15   -25.32%      price of a barrel of oil.
2017   $50.80   $52.36   $60.46   $42.48   $60.46   12.48%
2016   $43.29   $36.81   $54.01   $26.19   $53.75   44.76%
2015   $48.66   $52.72   $61.36   $34.55   $37.13   -30.53%
2014   $93.17   $95.14   $107.95   $53.45   $53.45   -45.55%
2013   $97.98   $93.14   $110.62   $86.65   $98.17   6.90%
2012   $94.05   $102.96   $109.39   $77.72   $91.83   -7.08%
2011   $94.88   $91.59   $113.39   $75.40   $98.83   8.15%
2010   $79.48   $81.52   $91.48   $64.78   $91.38   15.10%
2009   $61.95   $46.17   $81.03   $34.03   $79.39   78.00%
2008   $99.67   $99.64   $145.31   $30.28   $44.60   -53.52%
2007   $72.34   $60.77   $99.16   $50.51   $95.95   57.68%
2006   $66.05   $63.11   $77.05   $55.90   $60.85   -0.34%
2005   $56.64   $42.16   $69.91   $42.16   $61.06   40.82%
2004   $41.51   $33.71   $56.37   $32.49   $43.36   33.37%
2003   $31.08   $31.97   $37.96   $25.25   $32.51   4.17%
2002   $26.19   $21.13   $32.68   $18.02   $31.21   56.36%
2001   $25.98   $27.29   $32.21   $17.50   $19.96   -25.30%
2000   $30.38   $25.56   $37.22   $23.91   $26.72   3.73%
1999   $19.35   $12.42   $28.03   $11.38   $25.76   112.19%
1998   $14.42   $17.41   $17.93   $10.82   $12.14   -31.22%
1997   $20.61   $25.55   $26.55   $17.60   $17.65   -31.85%
1996   $22.12   $19.83   $26.55   $17.33   $25.90   32.55%
1995   $18.43   $17.45   $20.53   $16.86   $19.54   9.96%
1994   $17.20   $14.52   $20.72   $13.89   $17.77   25.23%
1993   $18.43   $19.03   $21.05   $13.98   $14.19   -27.19%
1992   $20.58   $19.43   $23.03   $17.89   $19.49   1.78%
1991   $21.54   $26.53   $32.25   $17.43   $19.15   -32.76%
1990   $24.53   $22.88   $41.07   $15.43   $28.48   30.40%
1989   $19.64   $17.38   $24.62   $16.99   $21.84   27.57%
1988   $15.97   $17.77   $18.54   $12.58   $17.12   2.27%
1987   $19.20   $18.13   $22.44   $15.12   $16.74   -6.64%
    U.S. All Grades All Formulations Retail Gasoline Prices (Dollars per Gallon)
Year   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec
Year   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec
  1993            1.078   1.100   1.097   1.078   1.062   1.050   1.092   1.066   1.014
  1994   0.998   1.009   1.008   1.027   1.047   1.078   1.106   1.155   1.144   1.114   1.119   1.129
  1995   1.130   1.120   1.119   1.157   1.225   1.239   1.201   1.170   1.158   1.134   1.109   1.118
  1996   1.137   1.136   1.183   1.275   1.324   1.300   1.272   1.251   1.247   1.249   1.278   1.282
  1997   1.283   1.276   1.251   1.244   1.245   1.242   1.220   1.268   1.276   1.242   1.216   1.177
  1998   1.132   1.096   1.064   1.077   1.105   1.103   1.094   1.065   1.049   1.059   1.036   0.987
  1999   0.980   0.962   1.022   1.171   1.171   1.154   1.197   1.260   1.295   1.285   1.292   1.313
  2000   1.329   1.415   1.556   1.506   1.526   1.666   1.591   1.506   1.588   1.571   1.557   1.483
  2001   1.487   1.490   1.450   1.591   1.738   1.658   1.466   1.461   1.557   1.357   1.212   1.127
  2002   1.148   1.155   1.289   1.439   1.434   1.424   1.438   1.438   1.441   1.486   1.461   1.429
  2003   1.500   1.655   1.734   1.633   1.539   1.533   1.554   1.661   1.721   1.606   1.555   1.522
  2004   1.614   1.690   1.778   1.839   2.023   2.013   1.954   1.920   1.912   2.042   2.023   1.887
  2005   1.875   1.953   2.120   2.285   2.205   2.198   2.333   2.529   2.951   2.765   2.303   2.229
  2006   2.360   2.326   2.468   2.787   2.953   2.930   3.025   2.999   2.606   2.293   2.275   2.359
  2007   2.289   2.323   2.609   2.891   3.187   3.102   3.011   2.834   2.849   2.853   3.128   3.070
  2008   3.095   3.078   3.293   3.507   3.815   4.105   4.114   3.833   3.756   3.112   2.208   1.745
  2009   1.840   1.975   2.011   2.102   2.316   2.681   2.582   2.670   2.609   2.605   2.706   2.663
  2010   2.769   2.699   2.824   2.900   2.890   2.785   2.782   2.783   2.757   2.853   2.913   3.048
  2011   3.148   3.264   3.615   3.852   3.960   3.735   3.705   3.696   3.667   3.506   3.443   3.326
  2012   3.440   3.640   3.907   3.958   3.791   3.596   3.498   3.780   3.910   3.812   3.521   3.381
  2013   3.391   3.736   3.779   3.638   3.675   3.689   3.661   3.645   3.604   3.420   3.322   3.357
  2014   3.392   3.434   3.606   3.735   3.750   3.766   3.688   3.565   3.484   3.255   2.997   2.632
  2015   2.208   2.301   2.546   2.555   2.802   2.885   2.880   2.726   2.462   2.387   2.260   2.144
  2016   2.057   1.872   2.071   2.216   2.371   2.467   2.345   2.284   2.327   2.359   2.295   2.366
  2017   2.458   2.416   2.437   2.528   2.503   2.460   2.414   2.494   2.761   2.621   2.678   2.594
  2018   2.671   2.705   2.709   2.873   2.987   2.970   2.928   2.914   2.915   2.943   2.736   2.457
  2019   2.338   2.393   2.594   2.881   2.946   2.804   2.823   2.707   2.681   2.724   2.693   2.645
  2020   2.636   2.533   2.329   1.938   1.961   2.170   2.272   2.272   2.274   2.248   2.200   2.284
  2021   2.420   2.587   2.898   2.948   3.076   3.157   3.231   3.255   3.272   3.384   3.491   3.406
  2022   3.413   3.611   4.322   4.213   4.545   5.032   4.668   4.087   3.817   3.935   

[joswift]

a barrel is bigger than a gallon?

[GymnJuice]

Are you asking why there isn't a direct correlation between the price of the oil and the price of gas at the station? If one goes up 3x why does the other go up 5x?

I assume it is due to different prices to refine it or transport it or something like that.

[joswift]

Diesel used to be cheaper than petrol
Now its 30p a litre more expensive

[funk51]

Are you asking why there isn't a direct correlation between the price of the oil and the price of gas at the station? If one goes up 3x why does the other go up 5x?

I assume it is due to different prices to refine it or transport it or something like that.

   that was my intent. oil was in the 80 dollar range and went to about 85  a barrel. yet the price of a gallon of gas jumped from 3 to over 4 dollars. something is rotten in Denmark.

[BB]

The price of a barrel of oil only accounts for about 50-55% of the total price of gas. The rest is taxes, transport, refining, etc.... That other half keeps going up, and gets worse with all the environmental policy changes etc.....   

[Irongrip400]

Diesel used to be cheaper than petrol
Now its 30p a litre more expensive

I don’t understand this, it’s less refined. Unless it’s just a “tax” to get us to stop using it?

[BB]

I don’t understand this, it’s less refined. Unless it’s just a “tax” to get us to stop using it?

At least in the US, it's been higher refining cost (they now have to lower the sulfur content to much lower levels), plus road taxes on diesel vehicles that have caused the jump. Also, since covid, they've been pushing the production toward regular gas. It's something like a 2/1 ratio right now.

[Irongrip400]

At least in the US, it's been higher refining cost (they now have to lower the sulfur content to much lower levels), plus road taxes on diesel vehicles that have caused the jump. Also, since covid, they've been pushing the production toward regular gas. It's something like a 2/1 ratio right now.

I use more off road diesel than on road. I’m paying $4.40 a gallon now for off road and $4.90 a gallon for on road. That’s delivered to my tanks, I realize it’s like $5.35 a gallon for on road in my area now while gas is around $3.50. All of these DEF systems I’m sure aren’t helping, especially with the low silver diesel but it still should t not be more than gas, certainly not as high as it is now. I was paying $1.20 gallon for off road in May 2020.