11.   Plus, farm equipment is expensive, diesel fuel prices went up this year and weather is always a concern.

12.   That would be hard on the trucking industry, which is already complaining about high diesel fuel prices.

13.   The current spike in diesel prices was fueled by high demand for heating oil in the Northeast and the rising cost of crude oil.

14.   Also, heating oil and diesel fuel prices have risen rapidly.

15.   He said that diesel prices had shot up by a third.

16.   Independent truckers drove their big rigs Tuesday through city streets to Capitol Hill to protest diesel fuel prices and demand tax breaks to offset greatly increased operating costs.

17.   Nepo said the price usually goes up during the summer while diesel oil prices tend to come down when the rainy season approaches.

18.   Several dozen truckers drove their rigs to the meeting to demand government assistance in dealing with the increase in diesel prices.

19.   The change in diesel prices would have a wider impact on the public as the oil is used for transportation and industrial production, he added.

20.   The Environment Ministry has called for higher diesel prices, tolls to enter the city and expanded pedestrian zones.