Thank the government, as ever

Rico says if anyone is wondering why diesel cars haven't caught on, they should remember that, back in the 1970s when Rico bought his first vehicle (a wonderful 1967 Land Rover 88; photo, bottom), diesel was half the price of regular. Not now, of course, since the gummint figured out that, with only truckers to bitch (and the rare owner of a Mercedes diesel), they could tax the shit out of diesel fuel (photo, top).
These days, of course, there are a lot of people with diesel-powered cars, and they vote...