Diesel Up: ; Rise in Prices Means Costs Up for Truckers, Shippers and Ultimately Consumers
Charleston Gazette › November 19, 2004
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In February 2003, Barry Cantrell said, a spike in diesel prices could have broken his trucking company if he hadn't already cut costs during the recession.See the full content of this document
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Diesel Up: ; Rise in Prices Means Costs Up for Truckers, Shippers and Ultimately Consumers
"Am I in a panic? Well, I'm concerned," Cantrell said. At the time, diesel cost $1.75 a gallon, 44 percent more than it cost a year earlier.
This week, about 18 months later, a gallon of diesel cost $2.18 nationally and $2.23 in West Virginia."And I thought $1.75 was bad," Cantrell said this...See the full content of this document
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