Diesel Drivers Now Paying the Most at the Pump

GOLETA, Calif. (KEYT) Semis, work trucks, sprinter vans and some cars and suv that use diesel are paying the most at the pumps this week.

Diesel drivers filling up at the 76 on Winchester Canyon and other stations are noticing the difference.

She joins us from the 76 stations off Winchester Canyon.

"I honestly i  haven't fulled up in the last week and it has exploded even in the last yes but we use diesel for machines, our work trucs so building how it is going to affect building in the area everywhere is going to be astounding," said Justin Resch of Terra Firma Drilling out of Carpineria and Ventura.

Some trucks are too big to go the front side of the station so they come the diesel pump back.

Some drivers have prepaid cards but they are still noticing diesel is the highest priced fuel.

But for heavy equipment, like farm trucks, it is more fuel efficient.

Nationwide it has jumped 28 percent since the start of the conflict in Iran.

And in California deisel truck drivers say it has jumped even more.

A truck driver we spoke to said diesel is 30-40 percent more efficient that gasoline especially at moderate speeds .

It is also used on ships.

Your news Channel will have more on diesel prices tonight on the news.