U.S. Diesel Prices Top $5 a Gallon as Hormuz Crisis Ripples Across America

U.S. diesel fuel prices topped $5 per gallon, according to GasBuddy, which has only happened once before, Reuters noted in a report, citing the GasBuddy data. The price tracker earlier in the week reported that the national average price for diesel had reached $4.951 per gallon last week, up by $0.34, while gasoline prices had gone up to $3.68 per gallon on average, $0.232 higher than they were over the previous week. “Consumers continue to feel the sting of rising oil, gasoline, and diesel costs as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East…