The Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration weekly average retail diesel price rose Tuesday for the 10th consecutive week, on the same day that commodity oil prices plummeted.
Arriving a day later than usual because of the July Fourth holiday, the DOE/EIA price came in at $3.331 a gallon, an increase of 3.1 cents from the prior week.
Not only did the price mark the 10th consecutive week of increases, it was the 11th consecutive week of no decreases. The price was unchanged in the...