American truckers are finding it difficult to make ends meet amid elevated diesel prices, with fuel shortages worsening the problem.
At the beginning of 2022, the retail price of diesel in the United States was $3.61 per gallon. This has now jumped more than 47 percent, to $5.32 per gallon, as of Oct. 31.
“You’re really not making the money you were making before … You’re barely getting by right now,” Chris, a Las Vegas-based truck driver, told Fox News. “The only people that will survive are the bigger companies … The smaller ones won’t make it.”
As of Oct. 14, the United States only had 25 days of reserve diesel supply, which is the lowest level since 2008. Since Joe Biden assumed the presidency, total national stockpiles have fallen by 34 percent….