Florida trucker stunned after spending $1,000 on diesel and realizing the tank isn't even full yet

This Florida trucker was left astonished after he spent $1,000 on diesel and realized his tank still wasn’t full.

Charlie Firth couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw the price rocketing up.

The fact that he hadn’t even filled up was probably the greatest shock of all.

His video prompted a lot of fierce discussion about the skyrocketing prices attached to fuel.

Just when you thought fuel prices couldn’t get any more shocking

It’s a tale as old as time.

Drivers have pulled up to gas stations, put the nozzle into their car, looked up at the meter and exclaimed ‘How much?!’

This has led many to head online to vent their frustrations.

And it also spurred many people to make big changes, which for some people involves moving over to an electric car.

Others take more unorthodox routes, like the Georgia man who built a mini car that would cost only $3 to fill up.

With Mississippi drivers reported to be spending more on gas than any other state, it’s clear that fuel prices are weighing heavily on the minds of many.

But even with all of this context, the video we’re about to show you is nothing short of shocking.

This Florida trucker couldn’t believe the price of diesel

Trucker Charlie Firth was left in shock after seeing how much it was costing him to fill up his truck at a Florida gas station.

Even without filling it up completely, the final price was north of $1,000.

That is something truly extraordinary.

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And as with most things on the internet, the clip led to an outpouring of opinions.

It all became about the blame game, as people figured out who to point a finger at.

How expensive has diesel gotten in the US – and why is it so pricey?

This isn’t just a one-off, either – reports of skyrocketing diesel costs have been making headlines for a while now.

A recent PBS report indicated that the cost of diesel is well above $6 per gallon.

Americans interviewed by PBS didn’t mince their words when discussing how much it had affected their livelihoods.

Business owners described budgets increasing by $100,000 to accommodate the extra cost.

A gallon of diesel is 73 percent higher than it was at the start of 2026, ABC News noted, citing AAA figures.

Why is this the case?

Without getting too into the weeds of political discourse, foreign affairs are playing a major role in the increase.

This has led some politicians to call for a ban of the US exporting diesel.

The country uses 4.1 million barrels of diesel each day and exports 1.5 million every day.

However, the American Petroleum Institute has warned that an export ban could actually make things worse.

Without exports, refineries would end up with more diesel than anticipated and a need for somewhere to store it.

Once those storage tanks were filled, refiners would stop making diesel.

“But they can’t just switch off diesel production without effectively cutting the supply of those other fuels and raising their prices,” ABC News noted.

“There really is no easy way to repair the kind of damage it would be to the global diesel supply chain,” Debnil Chowdhury, who leads the US fuels and refining team at S&P Global Energy, told the news outlet.

“It really will have this effect across the entire global economy.”

So in short, this is a really complicated situation – and it’s way above our pay grade to figure out what the solution is.