Diesel prices are creeping higher and higher, ranging from costs of $3.15 a gallon in some states to $3.60 in others. 
Although these prices are the highest they have been in two years, compare that with diesel rates back in October of 2008 when they reached almost $5-per-gallon.
According to truckinginfo.com, the average diesel fuel price of $3.294 is an impact of higher crude oil prices, which are at $91 per barrel and are predicted to increase to $100 per barrel next year (http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=72539).
The following are the current average diesel prices in each state provided by http://www.etrucker.com/apps/promiles/fuelprices.asp.
Fuel Prices Averages For Tuesday, December 28, 2010
| State | Tax Rate 4th qtr. |
Fuel Prices As of 12/28/2010 |
Ex-Tax Fuel Price As of 12/28/2010 |
Difference From 12/27/2010 |
Fuel Price As of 12/27/2010 |
| Alabama | 0.19 | 3.23 | 3.04 | 0.01 | 3.22 |
| Arkansas | 0.225 | 3.269 | 3.044 | 0.025 | 3.244 |
| Arizona | 0.26 | 3.329 | 3.069 | 0.008 | 3.321 |
| California | 0.373 | 3.492 | 3.119 | 0.006 | 3.486 |
| Colorado | 0.205 | 3.254 | 3.049 | -0.004 | 3.258 |
| Connecticut | 0.396 | 3.603 | 3.207 | 0.692 | 2.911 |
| Delaware | 0.22 | 3.322 | 3.102 | 0.023 | 3.299 |
| Florida | 0.3167 | 3.391 | 3.0743 | 0.023 | 3.368 |
| Georgia | 0.158 | 3.26 | 3.102 | 0.025 | 3.235 |
| Iowa | 0.225 | 3.27 | 3.045 | 0.007 | 3.263 |
| Idaho | 0.25 | 3.447 | 3.197 | 0 | 3.447 |
| Illinois | 0.35 | 3.405 | 3.055 | -0.001 | 3.406 |
| Indiana | 0.16 | 3.216 | 3.056 | 0.008 | 3.208 |
| Kansas | 0.26 | 3.252 | 2.992 | 0.013 | 3.239 |
| Kentucky | 0.212 | 3.281 | 3.069 | 0.009 | 3.272 |
| Louisiana | 0.2 | 3.219 | 3.019 | 0.015 | 3.204 |
| Massachusetts | 0.21 | 3.391 | 3.181 | -0.018 | 3.409 |
| Maryland | 0.2425 | 3.366 | 3.1235 | 0.001 | 3.365 |
| Maine | 0.307 | 3.441 | 3.134 | -0.003 | 3.444 |
| Michigan | 0.304 | 3.32 | 3.016 | 0.001 | 3.319 |
| Minnesota | 0.275 | 3.384 | 3.109 | 0.005 | 3.379 |
| Missouri | 0.17 | 3.154 | 2.984 | -0.001 | 3.155 |
| Mississippi | 0.18 | 3.188 | 3.008 | 0.016 | 3.172 |
| Montana | 0.2775 | 3.347 | 3.0695 | -0.005 | 3.352 |
| North Carolina | 0.319 | 3.274 | 2.955 | 0.008 | 3.266 |
| North Dakota | 0.23 | 3.395 | 3.165 | 0.052 | 3.343 |
| Nebraska | 0.271 | 3.296 | 3.025 | 0.026 | 3.27 |
| New Hampshire | 0.18 | 3.319 | 3.139 | 0.003 | 3.316 |
| New Jersey | 0.175 | 3.231 | 3.056 | -0.014 | 3.245 |
| New Mexico | 0.21 | 3.289 | 3.079 | 0.024 | 3.265 |
| Nevada | 0.27 | 3.375 | 3.105 | 0.01 | 3.365 |
| New York | 0.3855 | 3.532 | 3.1465 | -0.021 | 3.553 |
| Ohio | 0.28 | 3.327 | 3.047 | 0.003 | 3.324 |
| Oklahoma | 0.13 | 3.155 | 3.025 | 0.003 | 3.152 |
| Oregon | 0 | 3.13 | 3.13 | 0.011 | 3.119 |
| Pennsylvania | 0.381 | 3.432 | 3.051 | -0.032 | 3.464 |
| Rhode Island | 0.32 | 3.509 | 3.189 | 0 | 3.509 |
| South Carolina | 0.16 | 3.15 | 2.99 | 0.015 | 3.135 |
| South Dakota | 0.22 | 3.289 | 3.069 | 0.012 | 3.277 |
| Tennessee | 0.17 | 3.222 | 3.052 | 0.017 | 3.205 |
| Texas | 0.2 | 3.213 | 3.013 | 0.008 | 3.205 |
| Utah | 0.245 | 3.382 | 3.137 | 0.008 | 3.374 |
| Virginia | 0.175 | 3.217 | 3.042 | 0.014 | 3.203 |
| Vermont | 0.29 | 3.429 | 3.139 | 0 | 3.429 |
| Washington | 0.375 | 3.527 | 3.152 | 0.019 | 3.508 |
| Wisconsin | 0.329 | 3.358 | 3.029 | -0.002 | 3.36 |
| West Virginia | 0.322 | 3.364 | 3.042 | -0.019 | 3.383 |
| Wyoming | 0.14 | 3.263 | 3.123 | 0.012 | 3.251 |
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