“Diesel prices are roughly the equivalent in the United States of $200 a barrel.” - National Center for Energy Analytics

“Diesel is a stealth tax,” said Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates

• Global refining capacity strained

• Price of home heating oil to become next affordability flashpoint

• Diesel prices to hit farmers during harvest season

Global energy markets continue to focus on crude prices, but as I have written before, it’s more than the black gold being transported in tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.