Cost of Diesel Stubbornly High as War Ratchets up Price

Cost of Diesel Stubbornly High as War Ratchets up Price
A woman fills her car up with petrol at a Caltex Woolworths petrol station in Melbourne, Australia, on Aug. 10, 2017. Scott Barbour/Getty Images
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is partly to blame for inflated diesel prices, which have soared beyond the cost of regular petrol.

The price of diesel remained significantly higher than petrol in the December quarter of 2022, with supplies reduced from Russia and France because of refinery strikes.