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The Cost of Diesel Is Rising Quickly

$2.80: Cost per gallon of diesel in the first week of June 2007.

$4.71: Cost per gallon of diesel in the first week of June 2008.

$1,200: Approximate cost to fill the fuel tank of a large commercial truck.

?The Trucking Industry Sees Record-Breaking Costs

39 billion: Gallons of diesel fuel consumed by the trucking industry each year.

$141.5 billion: Estimated amount that the trucking industry will spend on diesel this year.

$112 billion: Amount that the trucking industry spent on diesel last year?$29 billion less than it will likely spend this year.

Rising Costs Are Forcing Truckers Out of Business

8.5 million: Number of Americans employed in the trucking industry.

306,000: Number of truckers who are self-employed and independent.

96 percent: Portion of motor carriers that operate 20 or fewer trucks.

935: Number of trucking companies that went out of business in the first quarter of 2008 alone. This is the highest number of failures in a quarter since the first quarter of 2001.

5: Number of consecutive quarters where the rate of trucking companies going out of business has increased.

?Rising Diesel Costs Will Increase Prices for All Goods Transported by Truck

70 percent: Portion of the total freight tonnage that is moved around by truck.

80 percent: Portion of American communities that receive their goods exclusively by truck.

80 percent: Portion of retail food prices related to energy.