<p>"Hoping we can get a federal investigation as to why our gas prices are $.65 gal higher than every one else. "
-I would like to have federal investigation as to why taxes on gas are higher than oil companies profits? they should stop it!</p>
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Taxes are only a small part of the variation in price.</p>
<p>For example, FL taxes are 11.5 cent/gal <em>higher</em> than MA taxes, yet the $3.20 reported by lizard is at least 20 cents cheaper than anything in MA. So accounting for taxes, gas in FL is 30+ cents cheaper than in MA.</p>
<p>[State</a> Gasoline Tax Rates, as of January 1, 2012 | Tax Foundation](<a href=“http://taxfoundation.org/article/state-gasoline-tax-rates-january-1-2012]State”>http://taxfoundation.org/article/state-gasoline-tax-rates-january-1-2012)</p>
<p>I’m glad nre posted tax table. I wrongly thought tax/gal in Fl was closer to $.60/gal. Retail “gasoline” business in Florida is very competitive with stations on almost every corner. Gas companies and chains like 7-11 and RaceTrac will readily spend 1 or 2 million dollars for a good site to build a new store. Most all gas stations in Florida are also convenience stores selling soda, beer, milk, $5 candy bars, and other overpriced junk. Maybe the Florida gas station operators make most of their profits from the convenience store sales and not the gas which is more of a leader to get customers in the stores to buy overpriced convenience items? Are most gas stations in Mass. and Washington state full blown modern convenience stores too?</p>
<p>^ That chart is only state taxes, there is also a Federal tax of 18.4 cents per gallon in addition. So FL has 53.4 cents per gallon total in taxes.</p>
<p>Most gas stations in MA have at least small stores. New stations are getting pretty large stores. One station near me was an Exxon without a store. Cumberland Farms bought it, tore down the old station, and put in a new station with a large store. They have the cheapest gas around here too.</p>
<p>Most new gas/convenience stores built now in Florida have 24-30 gas pumps…they do a lot of business at the pumps and in the c-store.</p>
<p>Wow, that’s huge. Most stations here aren’t even half that size.</p>
<p>$3.59 here and I am thrilled.</p>
<p>…thrilled about too high or too low?</p>
<p>The industry predictions continue to be for lower prices. Demand is off in most of the world, which impacts the international price, and new pipeline capacity is coming on line - has started, in fact - to address the price and supply issue at the OK point. As you may know, there has been a persistent discrepancy between the OK price and the world Brent price.</p>
<p>Left Wisconsin (where I think I paid $3.69 for regular) for Florida last week and saw prices drop as we traveled, Georgia- $3.19 the lowest, then $3.31 in Florida with $3.29 or so in the Tampa area now. The travel gas was along the interstate- further south we paid attention to big billboards advertising gas prices. Of course the Chicagoland Oasis prices were much higher.</p>
<p>4.05 regular unleaded, med grade 4.19 today california</p>
<p>3.89 for highest 3.51 for lowest here.</p>
<p>What happened to the days where it was just ten cents more expensive for each type? >.></p>
<p>Diesel for our VW (~40 MPG hwy) has been $3.63 in the last 36 hrs. at a local station.</p>
<p>One of the annoying “features” of gas prices in Chicago, which we were visiting for DD1’s graduation, is that they have a teaser price, like $3.70, which only applies you get a car wash, but the real price is north of four bucks. Crossed the border into Indiana, and the prices dropped over 20 cents even in the highway service area stations.</p>
<p>I saw $3.39 at a station today. The expensive station was $3.49.</p>
<p>I drove from west TN back to Nashville today and saw $3.07 for regular. I gassed up in Memphis for $3.15. Nice!</p>
<p>$3.19 in Merry-land.</p>
<p>$3.08 in Dallas suburb of McKinney</p>
<p>$2.99 Dallas</p>
<p>3.04 in Tuscaloosa, Al today! Yeah!</p>