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- Truck driver Dustin DeRaad paid $660 for just over 100 gallons of diesel.
- Associate professor Gregg Ibendahl of Kansas State University warned diesel prices may stay high for at least a year.
- Ibendahl linked record diesel prices to the war in Iran and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
- He said prolonged high prices could trigger a recession while diesel demand remains inelastic because of construction and farming.