SOARING PRICES. GOOD MORNING. RAY: GOOD MORNING. MOST OF OUR DAY-TO-DAY TRANSPORTATION DOESN’T RUN ON DIESEL, BUT THE VEHICLES THAT DELIVER OUR GOODS DO. AND THESE HIGH COSTS OF DIESEL PRICES ARE TAKING ITS TOLL ON FAMILY-OWNED DELIVERY SERVICES. FILLING UP AT THE PUMP FOR DIESEL FUEL IS EMPTYING THE POCKETS OF TRUCK DRIVERS. HAROLD ALLEYNE-BEARD: YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST TIME I’VE EVER FILLED MY TRUCK UP, AND I HIT OVER $1000. ON A FILL UP. RAY: ON ONE FILL UP? HAROLD ALLEYNE-BEARD: ONE FILL UP. RAY: THAT HAS TO HURT. HAROLD ALLEYNE-BEARD: IT DOES. RAY: THE RISING COSTS HAVE BEEN NO LAUGHING MATTER. GAS BUDDY SAYS DIESEL PRICES HAVE HIT A 30-YEAR HIGH NATIONWIDE. PATRICK DEHAAN: A LOT OF THIS GOES BACK TO, AGAIN, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF IMBALANCES. NOT ONLY ARE OIL PRICES HIGH BECAUSE OF RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE AND SANCTION BS,UT WE’VE LOST A GOOD BIT OF REFINING CAPACITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEAST. RAY: ONE TRUCK OWNER TOLD NE 9WS HE EXPERIENCED HIS SLOWEST MTHON OF THE YEAR, PROFITI JTNG $100,0. >> THE PRICE OF DIESEL IN MA THE PRICE OF DIESEL IN SSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND PENNSYLVANIA IS TERRIBLE, MORE THAN EVEN IN CALIFORNIA. >> RIG NHTOW, I’M TRYING TO BITE THE BULLET, AND HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING CNGHAES. BUT I DON’T KNOW. OPTIMISTIC. RAY: ACCORDING TO GAS BUDDY, PREDICTING THE FUTURE OF FUEL PRICES IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY. THEY SAY IT DEPENDS ON SEVERAL FACTORS, INCLUDING THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEC.MI PATRICK DEHAAN: CHINA IS A VERY LARGE OIL CONSUMER SO IF CHINA SHUTS DOWN SOME OF THESE BIG CITIES, ATTH COULD MEAN LOWER DEMAND, AND IT COULD MEAN LOWER PRICE. IT JT USDEPENDS ON HOW LONG THESE CITIES ARE SHUT DOWN. RAY: AS FOR REGULAR G,AS ACCORDING TO AAA, THE AVERAGE FOR A GALL