If you thought gas prices going up was bad, just wait because diesel hitting over $5 a gallon in Missouri is where the real impact starts to hit.
See, most everyday people don’t run on diesel, but everything you buy does. From groceries to clothes to building materials, the majority of goods are delivered by semi-trucks, and those trucks run on diesel. So when diesel goes up, it don’t just stay at the pump… it starts a chain reaction.
What that means is simple. The higher it costs to transport goods, the higher it’s going to cost you at the store. Companies have to make that money back somewhere, and nine times out of ten, that cost gets passed right down to the consumer.
This is what people call a trickle-down effect, but in real life, it just means your everyday expenses start creeping up. Food, household items, even online orders… all of it can go up just because it costs more to move products from one place to another.
So while people are focused on regular gas jumping up, the real question is… are y’all ready for everything else to go up next?