Gas Prices...
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Companies charge what the traffic will bear. Maybe there are more rich people in Kansas.
Larry
Larry
Tax
The tax on gas is posted somewhere close to the pump.
I just drove Maine to Alabama over the last week, gas in NY, $4.05, PA, $3.85, VA, $3.48. Same gas, Different tax rate (state & local-Fed. tax same)
tb
The tax on gas is posted somewhere close to the pump.
I just drove Maine to Alabama over the last week, gas in NY, $4.05, PA, $3.85, VA, $3.48. Same gas, Different tax rate (state & local-Fed. tax same)
tb
I saw 3.95 at the local Safeway gas station last night, that is the first sub-4 dollar gas I've seen in a week or two. Downtown Seattle plan on 4.25 and up.
Arik
Member
Suburban Philadelphia $3.80 +/- a few cents.
Philadelphia Pa $3.60 - $3.70.
NJ $3.50 - $3.60
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Philadelphia Pa $3.60 - $3.70.
NJ $3.50 - $3.60
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mc5aw
Member
Parts of California are @ $5.00/gallon. Between gas and ammo prices, it's tough to afford driving to the range and shooting on a regular basis.
Augusta, GA $3.55 at Raceway or sprint
Evans, GA (10 miles away) WalMart Murphy $3.53 retail, $3.41 with WalMart "gas card".
North August, SC (5 miles away across Savannah River) $3.37 cash or credit. Just to confuse pricing, Georgia has a higher gasoline tax -- political ??????
Evans, GA (10 miles away) WalMart Murphy $3.53 retail, $3.41 with WalMart "gas card".
North August, SC (5 miles away across Savannah River) $3.37 cash or credit. Just to confuse pricing, Georgia has a higher gasoline tax -- political ??????
duppie
Member
I recently visited family in south Norway and paid the equivalent of $9.16 per gallon.up from about $7.94 when I last left in 2009
I don't complain about the price of gas too much.........
I don't complain about the price of gas too much.........
cussedemgun
Member
We need a good accountant
I wish someone would break down the price of fuel into cost categories;
crude
trans. of crude to refinery
refining cost
trans. to retailer
tax both fed. & state
wholsale & retail profits
I believe a major factor in keeping our cost of fuel up is the limited & overloaded transport & refining infrastructure within the U.S.A. Look at the time our major oil co.s are having trying to permit & build a pipe from the Dakotas to gulf coast refineries. When was the last major refinery planned, permited, & built within the U.S.
The greenie agenda sure gets votes & big $$$ donations to road block major industry at every opertunity but now we all cry & moan at the cost of results.
Remember the terrible disaster of the gulf oil spill a while back? How many added to the hew & cry "make 'em PAY" ? Well, THEY are paying now, every time the pump clicks on they're paying!
Just my $.02
I wish someone would break down the price of fuel into cost categories;
crude
trans. of crude to refinery
refining cost
trans. to retailer
tax both fed. & state
wholsale & retail profits
I believe a major factor in keeping our cost of fuel up is the limited & overloaded transport & refining infrastructure within the U.S.A. Look at the time our major oil co.s are having trying to permit & build a pipe from the Dakotas to gulf coast refineries. When was the last major refinery planned, permited, & built within the U.S.
The greenie agenda sure gets votes & big $$$ donations to road block major industry at every opertunity but now we all cry & moan at the cost of results.
Remember the terrible disaster of the gulf oil spill a while back? How many added to the hew & cry "make 'em PAY" ? Well, THEY are paying now, every time the pump clicks on they're paying!
Just my $.02
In Pittsburgh many 87 Octane is going for $3.85 a gallon. I live 40 miles out RT 22 from there and we still have $3.95 and our sales tax is 1% less than Pittsburgh. Maybe the Amish and Mennonite families in my county have the right idea running their oat/hay burning flatulence wagons!
Tulsa was about .50 cheaper than E. Texas back in April. It's mostly about speculation. One little hiccup in the Gulf or the Middle East and it goes crazy.
Arik
Member
Damn Yankee
Member
Cussedemgun,
Take a look around here.
Refinery Oil Prices - Cost To Refine Oil Into Gasoline | What It Costs
Take a look around here.
Refinery Oil Prices - Cost To Refine Oil Into Gasoline | What It Costs
JcMack
Member
Bought gas for $3.49 this morning. Cheapest it's been for months. I live 10-12 miles from the biggest BP refinery in the midwest. Makes no difference. BP sold "bad" gas to their franchisees and many independents around here a couple months ago. The result was a lot of people with engine damage. There are a lot of gas stations around here, some intersections have 2 or 3. Five miles south of me where it's more affluent gas is $0.30 more. 3 miles north of me where times are tougher gas is $0.20 cheaper. It looks like "whatever market will bare" plays a part.
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Peter M. Eick
Member
Working in the oil industry, I can tell you that most likely it is due to taxes or environmental regulations.
Do you have special pollution or air quality restrictions in your area? Do you have a certain amount of ethanol required in your gas? If so these are the most likely candidates.
Otherwise just state and local taxes.
Gas is highly competitive. If there was a $0.50/gallon price differential over a short distance, someone would be making money off it and drive the price down closer to parity.
Do you have special pollution or air quality restrictions in your area? Do you have a certain amount of ethanol required in your gas? If so these are the most likely candidates.
Otherwise just state and local taxes.
Gas is highly competitive. If there was a $0.50/gallon price differential over a short distance, someone would be making money off it and drive the price down closer to parity.
Right now here in the panhandle of Texas gas is $3.52 at Wally World and some of the others. Diesel is $3.99 to $4.05 a gallon.
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1morethan8
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
$3.33 a gallon here in the big Cleveland (Tennessee) this morning.
There's no place that I'd rather be than right here
With my red necks, white socks and blue ribbon beer!
There's no place that I'd rather be than right here
With my red necks, white socks and blue ribbon beer!
DeathGrip
US Veteran
In the high priced neighborhoods gas is ten to fifteen cents more than the low income 'hoods. I expect it might have something to do with real estate and property taxes.
Just blocks from Port Everglades it is higher than miles away.
Location location.
Just blocks from Port Everglades it is higher than miles away.
Location location.
Peter M. Eick
Member
10 to 20 cents is just local competition. 40 cents and up is more likely to be taxes or EPA mandates.
