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Diesel to Dip in 2014 The national average price for a gallon of diesel fuel is still expected to fall 12 cents

in 2014 to $3.77 a gallon, according to the Department of nerg!"s nerg! #nformation $dministration. Truc%ing &o's (isconsin see this as an ama)ing opportunit! for the truc%ing and transportation industr! over the course of the next calendar !ear. #n its monthl! *hort Term nerg! +utloo% report, the #$ forecasted that diesel ,ould average $3.-3 a gallon in 2013, a 4.cent drop from 2012/s average.

The 2014 decline, ho,ever, isn"t as large as the #$ predicted in its 0ovem'er outloo%, ,hen it forecasted the price of diesel ,ould average $3.73 next !ear and $3.-1 this !ear.

The decline, #$ sa!s, is due to an expected drop in crude oil prices as the gro,th in the non.+1 2 oil suppl! exceeds the gro,th of the ,orld"s consumption.

The #$"s outloo% forecasts have 'een 'ouncing around some in recent months, ,ith the highest coming in *eptem'er, ,hen #$ pro&ected the price of diesel ,ould average $3.32, li%el! 'ased on an increased chance of 4.*. militar! action in the 5iddle ast. That pro&ection fell in +cto'er to $3.76 and then again in 0ovem'er.

The national average diesel price had steadil! 'een declining since late $ugust until recent ,ee%s, ,hen it rose a 'it 'efore mostl! stagnating last ,ee%.

$lso, the #$ pro&ects the price of natural gas 7 per the 8enr! 8u' natural gas spot price 7 to clim' in 2014, follo,ing a spi%e this !ear. 0atural gas averaged $2.79 per million :ritish therm units ;55:tu< and is forecast to average $3.6- this !ear and $3.73 next !ear.

2onsidering there"s never 'een a 'etter time to 'e a truc%er, truc%ing &o's (isconsin 'elieves this information is pertinent. Truc%s moved 73.7 percent of the countr!"s freight in 2012, according to the Department of Transportation"s :ureau of =a'or *tatistics, carr!ing $10 trillion ,orth of the countr!"s $13.6 trillion in freight. The num'ers come from the D+T"s recentl! released 2ommodit! >lo, *urve!, ,hich is done roughl! ever! five !ears. Truc%s also carried 70 percent of the tonnage moved in 2012, hauling 3 'illion of the 11.7 'illion tons shipped last !ear. The for.hire truc%ing industr! carried $6.6 trillion in freight 7 43.9 percent of the total 7 the 2>* sa!s, ,hile private truc%s hauled 29.2 percent, or $3.4 trillion. There"s never 'een a 'etter time to appl! for truc%ing &o's (isconsin, in an industr! that is loo%ing to ta%e a huge leap for,ard in 2014.

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