全国柴油均价目前为每加仑6.32美元，较去年上涨逾70%，挤压个体经营者利润空间
2026年10月10日 美国东部时间7:00 / 福克斯新闻
作者：阿什利·J·迪梅拉 福克斯新闻
美国卡车司机警告称，高企的柴油价格正在蚕食他们的利润，迫使货运公司削减线路，引发了人们的担忧：部分司机可能被迫停运，而最终受影响的将是美国民众，比如杂货店的消费者。
“燃油价格在上涨，但运费并没有同步上调，”总部位于迈阿密的卡车司机苏夫·多塞特告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“这真的严重掏空了我们的钱包。”
发出此番警告之际，伊朗局势推高了柴油价格，让美国卡车司机雪上加霜。与此同时，唐纳德·特朗普总统预测，在这场冲突有望很快结束的预期下，油价将“像石头一样暴跌”。司机们告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，损失已经在加剧，线路被削减，小型运营商正面临越来越大的财务压力。
多塞特是众多向福克斯新闻数字频道反映燃油成本飙升侵蚀收入、给负责全国货物运输的行业带来压力的卡车司机之一。有司机表示线路减少，其他人则警告称，小型运营商最终可能被迫停驶他们的重型卡车。
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福克斯新闻数字频道采访了卡车司机，了解柴油价格如何影响他们的生活。(福克斯新闻数字频道)
根据美国汽车协会(AAA)的数据，周一全国柴油均价约为每加仑6.32美元，高于去年同期的约3.69美元，涨幅超过70%。此次涨价还超过了2022年6月创下的每加仑5.816美元的此前纪录，当时俄罗斯入侵乌克兰导致全球能源价格飙升，时任总统为乔·拜登。
对于有9年驾龄的多塞特来说，加油站的油价甚至更高。他告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，在俄亥俄州行驶期间，他看到柴油价格达到每加仑7.40美元。
多塞特表示，在燃油价格飙升的同时，卡车司机已经背负着一长串开支，包括用于减少有害排放的柴油尾气处理液(DEF)、停车费、淋浴费、货物称重和复称费、维修以及拖车费。
如果柴油价格持续居高不下，多塞特预测小型运营商将最先撑不住。
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“一些小型公司，比如个体小经营者，会逐渐倒闭，这将引发连锁反应，”多塞特说道，他预测这场“多米诺效应”最终可能给大型运输公司带来压力。
在路易斯安那州从业约10年的泰勒·里纳尔迪为零担货运公司运输危险品和其他货物。他表示，自己所在的公司已经开始削减周末线路。
“我看到很多线路被砍掉了，”里纳尔迪告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“现在他们周末的运营并不像他们想要的那样顺畅。”
“我确实能看到公司因此发生的变化，虽然进展缓慢，但已经开始变得更加明显，”他补充道。
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已婚且育有两个孩子的里纳尔迪表示，线路减少最终可能意味着带回家的收入减少。
“当他们开始削减线路，试图通过限制派送线路来控制开支时，”里纳尔迪说，“这就从公司员工的口袋里拿走了收入。”
来自北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市、有11年驾龄的阿万特·杰克逊运输钢材和其他建筑材料。他表示，不断上涨的柴油价格迫使卡车司机重新审视自己的收入是否足以维持生意运转。
“如果我把所有利润都投进油箱，”杰克逊说，“到头来，我还有什么剩余来维持店铺开门营业？”
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杰克逊告诫人们不要对可能出现的燃油短缺“制造恐慌”，但他表示，司机的大规模流失最终会波及消费者。
“这真的可能冲击整个社区，”他说。
此次柴油价格飙升与2022年乔·拜登任内的一次危机类似，当时新冠疫情和俄罗斯入侵乌克兰带来的经济影响推高了燃油价格。2022年6月，柴油价格达到当时的全国平均每加仑5.82美元的纪录，随着运营成本攀升，卡车司机的日子愈发艰难。
根据美国运输研究协会的数据，2022年卡车燃油成本飙升53.7%，推动整体运营成本上涨21.3%，达到当时每英里2.25美元的纪录。此次价格飙升有可能重现当年的压力，尤其是对于几乎没有空间消化上涨燃油账单的小型运营商而言。
在特朗普政府推动国际伙伴释放紧急燃油储备以降低价格之际，卡车司机们也向总统传递了自己的信息：别忘了那些在路上承担成本的司机们。
“我想对特朗普总统说的是，想想是谁在维持美国的运转，”杰克逊告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“想想那些每天都在路上奔波的小人物。”
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“我们确实是美国的脊梁，我们维持着美国的运转，”他补充道。“我们只是希望您能想到我们，设身处地为我们着想……让我们努力降低燃油价格，做出更多改变，”他说。“我们知道我们可以做得更好。”
特朗普周四为高油价辩护，称这是阻止伊朗获得核武器的斗争中的暂时牺牲。他在Truth Social平台上表示，不断上涨的汽油成本“对于伊朗不拥有核武器来说，只是一个小小的代价”。
特朗普上周表示，在他施压欧洲国家增加市场供应后，这些国家已同意释放其库存中的柴油。随后，七国集团(G7)同意在四个月内从此前承诺的紧急储备中释放1亿桶石油和燃料产品，其中包括在前20天内释放大量柴油，以缓解全球燃油市场的压力。
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特朗普还表示，他的政府不会推行柴油出口禁令，并相信油价最终将回升至此次飙升前的水平，尽管全球供应中断仍给能源市场带来压力。
特朗普在得克萨斯州圣安东尼奥市周三晚间的集会上预测，一旦与伊朗的战争结束，油价将“像石头一样暴跌”，并坚称这场冲突将“很快”结束。
“本周，特朗普总统签署了一项行政命令，将迅速降低柴油成本，直接将资金返还给美国卡车司机的口袋，每次加油可为他们节省100多美元。上周，他与欧洲盟友达成协议，释放1亿桶（主要是柴油）库存，为市场增加供应并降低成本，”白宫发言人泰勒·罗杰斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
“总统希望看到加油站的油价下跌，并继续采取历史性行动缓解临时中断局面，因为霍尔木兹海峡的石油流量已接近冲突前水平，”罗杰斯补充道。
阿什利·J·迪梅拉为福克斯新闻数字频道报道政治新闻。
America’s truckers issue dire warning as soaring diesel costs threaten ‘domino effect’
Diesel now averages $6.32 per gallon nationally, up more than 70% from last year, squeezing owner operators’ profits
October 10, 2026 7:00am EDT / Fox News
By Ashley J. DiMella Fox News
American truckers are warning that sky-high diesel prices are eating into their profits and putting pressure on trucking companies to cut routes, raising concerns that some drivers could be forced off the road and the pain could eventually reach Americans at the grocery store.
“Fuel prices is going up, the rates are not going up,” Miami-based trucker Suave Dorsett told Fox News Digital. “So it’s hurting our pockets real bad.”
The warnings come as the Iran war sends diesel prices soaring, squeezing American truckers even as President Donald Trump predicts oil prices will fall “like a stone” amid expectations that the conflict could soon end. Drivers told Fox News Digital the damage is already mounting, with routes being cut and smaller operators facing mounting financial pressure.
Dorsett is among several truckers who told Fox News Digital that soaring fuel costs are cutting into their earnings and putting pressure on an industry responsible for moving goods across the country, with one driver reporting fewer routes and others warning that smaller operators could eventually be forced to park their rigs.
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Fox News Digital speaks to truckers about how diesel prices are impacting them.(Fox News Digital)
The national average for diesel stood at roughly $6.32 per gallon Monday, according to AAA — up from about $3.69 at the same time last year, a jump of more than 70%. The surge has also eclipsed the previous record of $5.816 per gallon, set in June 2022 under former President Joe Biden as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent global energy prices soaring.
For Dorsett, who has been driving for nine years, the price at the pump was even steeper. He told Fox News Digital he was seeing diesel at $7.40 per gallon while traveling through Ohio.
Dorsett said the fuel spike comes as truckers are already shouldering a long list of expenses, including diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), which helps reduce harmful emissions, parking, showers, weighing and reweighing loads, repairs and towing.
And if diesel prices remain elevated, Dorsett predicted smaller operators will be the first to buckle.
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“Some of the smaller companies, like the smaller owner ops, would slowly fall off and it’s going to create a chain effect,” Dorsett said, predicting a “domino effect” that could eventually put pressure on larger carriers.
Tyler Rinaldi, a Louisiana trucker with about a decade of experience who transports hazardous materials and other freight for an LTL company, said he has already seen weekend routes scaled back at his company.
“I’ve seen a lot of routes get cut,” Rinaldi told Fox News Digital. “They’re not really running like they want to on the weekends right now.”
“I definitely see a lot change because of it at my company, slowly, but it’s starting to be more noticeable,” he added.
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While gasoline prices have largely leveled off, diesel costs have surged to record highs, threatening to ripple through the broader economy.(Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
Rinaldi, who is married with two children, said fewer routes could eventually mean less money coming home.
“When they start cutting routes and trying to limit the expenses on what routes they send out,” Rinaldi said, “that takes away from the people that work in the company’s pockets.”
Avante Jackson, an 11-year trucking veteran from Charlotte, North Carolina, who transports steel and other construction materials, said rising diesel prices are forcing truckers to take a harder look at whether the money they bring in is enough to keep their businesses running.
“If I’m putting all of my profit in the tank,” Jackson said, “at the end of the day, what do I have left to keep the doors open?”
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Jackson cautioned against “fear-mongering” about potential shortages, but said a widespread loss of drivers could ultimately reach consumers.
“It really could hit the community,” he said.
The latest diesel spike echoes a similar crunch in 2022 under former President Joe Biden, when the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent fuel prices flying. Diesel reached a then-record national average of $5.82 per gallon that June, squeezing truckers as operating expenses climbed.
According to the American Transportation Research Institute, trucking fuel costs surged 53.7% in 2022, helping drive a 21.3% jump in overall operating costs to a then-record $2.25 per mile. The latest spike threatens to revive those pressures, particularly for smaller operators with less room to absorb rising fuel bills.
As the Trump administration pushes international partners to release emergency fuel reserves in an effort to bring prices down, the truckers had their own message for the president: don’t forget about the drivers absorbing the costs on the road.
“My message to President Trump would just be to think about who’s keeping America moving,” Jackson told Fox News Digital. “Think about the little guys out here each and every day.”
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“We truly are the backbone of America, we keep America moving,” he added. “We just want you just to think about us and put yourself in our shoes…Let’s try to get the fuel prices down and let’s try to just make more of a change,” he said. “We know we can do better.”
Trump defended higher fuel prices Thursday as a temporary sacrifice in the fight to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, saying on Truth Social that rising gasoline costs were “a small price to pay for Iran not having a Nuclear Weapon.”
Trump said last week that European countries had agreed to release diesel from their stockpiles after he pressed them to put more supply on the market. The G7 subsequently agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel products from previously pledged emergency reserves over four months, including a substantial diesel release during the first 20 days, in an effort to ease pressure on global fuel markets.
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Trump also said his administration would not pursue a diesel export ban and expressed confidence that oil prices would eventually return to levels seen before the latest spike, though energy markets remain under pressure from global supply disruptions.
Trump predicted during a Wednesday night rally in San Antonio, Texas, that oil prices would “come down like a rock” once the war with Iran ends, insisting the conflict would be over “very soon.”
“This week, President Trump signed an executive order that will quickly cut diesel costs and put money directly back into the pockets of American truckers, saving them over $100 every time they refill at the gas pump. Last week, he negotiated a deal with our European counterparts to release 100 million barrels—mainly diesel—from their stockpiles to add supply to the market and lower costs,” White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers told Fox News Digital.
“The President wants to see prices at the pump fall and continues to take historic action to ease temporary disruptions as oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz approaches pre-conflict levels,” Rogers added.
Ashley J. DiMella reports on politics for Fox News Digital.
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