'Diesel Season' Is Starting. There's No Escaping Record Prices.

Diesel prices keep getting gnarlier. As geopolitical violence chokes Russian refineries, the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea, the upshot is soaring fuel costs that "hit everyone" — not just drivers of supersized pickups, says Golf Oil's Tom Kloza. Diesel prices on Friday averaged $6.45 a gallon across the U.S., according to AAA, and $8.39 in California — the...