While the price of gas and diesel had been steadily growing in recent months, it may have finally taken a bit of a down turn over the last few weeks and be heading back down to more reasonable prices.

Diesel fuel accounts for about eighteen percent of the total refined petroleum products used in the United States in various types of vehicles like semi-trucks, delivery vehicles, buses, trains, ships, boats and barges, farm, construction and military vehicles and other equipment.

Most diesel fuel is produced right here in the United States refineries with only about 4.5 percent coming from foreign countries. Refineries produce the diesel fuel from crude oil.

The cost to produce the fuel and deliver to customers includes the cost of the crude oil, the processing, marketing, distribution and the cost of retail station operation. So the price at the pump includes all of these factors plus Federal, state and local taxes and local market conditions.