ROCKMAN wrote:Outcast - I consider the national average rather meaningless. There are very big differences between local retail markets, sources of crude oil and individual refinery dynamics. Averaging all those factors makes comparing it to local prices rather pointless IMHO.
vtsnowedin wrote:2/15/2019 Upstate New York $2.29/gallon.
Retail price of regular gasoline in the United States from 1990 to 2018 (in U.S. dollars per gallon)
U.S. dollars per gallon
2018 $2.72
2016 $2.14
2014 $3.36
2012 $3.62
2010 $2.78
2008 $3.25
2006 $2.57
2004 $1.85
2002 $1.35
2000 $1.48
1998 $1.03
1996 $1.20
1994 $1.08
1992 $1.09
1990 $1.30
Revi wrote:It's around $2.80 here in Maine. It's going to be an expensive summer. I hope it isn't hard on a state that relies on tourism, and most of it is in cars. We'll see...
These 12 U.S. States Just Hiked Gasoline TaxesToday, gasoline taxes are rising in a dozen U.S. states:
California is among the states with increases and taxes in the Golden State are going up by 5.6 cents. That now equates to 47.3 cents per gallon, meaning California once again has the highest gasoline prices in the country.
But, the increase is particularly notable in Illinois given, as Statista's Niall McCarthy notes, that the state hasn't altered its gas tax since 1990. It's bumping its gas tax by 19 cents to 38 cents a gallon. Illinoisans will shoulder one of the nation’s heaviest tax burdens at the pump – and the DMV. On June 28, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law a $45 billion infrastructure plan that will bring Illinois drivers a record gas tax hike and higher vehicle registration costs. Those tax and fee increases will come in addition to tax hikes on cigarettes, e-cigarettes, parking and real-estate transfers, on top of new revenue from a massive gambling expansion that includes new casinos and legalized sport betting – all of which the Illinois General Assembly introduced and passed in a single day.
Illinois is one of just seven states where drivers pay layers of both general sales taxes and special excise taxes on gasoline at the state and local levels. Those multiple layers mean drivers filling up in Chicago, for example, will pay 96 cents in taxes and fees on a $2.46 gallon of gasoline – an effective tax burden of 39%. The infrastructure plan also hikes Illinois’ vehicle registration fees to among the highest in the nation. Illinois drivers of standard vehicles weighing 8,000 pounds or less will see registration fees jump to $148 from $98. Notably, the gas tax will be tied to inflation, meaning it will automatically rise annually. This allows state lawmakers in future years to avoid blame from frustrated motorists.
Gas is going down. It may keep going down because all that stuff they are fracking out of the Bakken produces nothing but gas. Here's Gail's take on it:
Ontosophy wrote:Here at Costco, Phoenix, AZ is $2.69 at the moment.
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