Diesel reached a national average price of $6.53 per gallon in the United States.
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The Health Ranger ReportOct 22, 2026
The claim that US diesel reached a national average of $6.53 per gallon is supported: AAA data reported by CNN put the record at $6.53 on September 22, and EIA weekly data ($6.529 for the week ending Sept. 21) was reported by Modern Public Fleet and Capital Press.
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… The fuel situation is so bad that the EPA has issued also multiple waivers this year, including a September 29 renewal that lifts ultra low sulfur diesel requirements above the Arctic Circle in Alaska due to the fuel supply disruptions. Diesel hit a national average price record of six dollars and 53 cents per gallon, and, of course, Trump went to Russia to have Putin release diesel to the United States, and is also getting G seven nations to release emergency fuel reserves to the U.S., even though many of those nations are themselves facing extremely bad scenarios of …
The Health Ranger Report · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. CNN, citing AAA, reports diesel rose to a record $6.53 a gallon on September 22, 2026.[1]
Supports. EIA weekly data show the on-highway diesel average at $6.529 a gallon for the week ending Sept. 21, the highest of 2026 at that point.[2]
Supports. Capital Press cites the record $6.53 national average from Sept. 21 in its report on EIA data.[3]
Contradicts. A Yahoo/AAA piece gives the record as $6.52 on Sept. 22, a small discrepancy from the $6.53 figure in other sources.[4][5]
Context. By Oct. 22 the national average had fallen to about $6.31–6.32, so the $6.53 peak was past rather than current on the post date.[1][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 tier 2, 5 not rated
- 1Trump signs executive order aimed at lowering diesel pricescnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 2Fuel Price Report: Diesel Hits $6.53, the Year's High, as Wholesale ...modernpublicfleet.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3On-highway diesel prices remain elevated, West Coast sees slight dropcapitalpress.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Gas prices for 10/28/26: National average down another 2 ...finance.yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5Gas prices for 10/28/26: National average down another 2 ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6Diesel prices up despite President Trump's executive ordercleveland.com · not rated · cited for: context
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