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awip2062 wrote:And just out of curiosity, I went and looked up our gas taxes. According to The Tax Foundation, taxes in states I know we have By-torians are:

CA: $0.455
CT: $0.441
FL: $0.332
IN: $0.317
NJ: $0.145
NY: $0.412
OH: $0.28
PA: $0.323
UT: $0.245
VA: $0.196
WA: $0.36

This is per gallon as of 1 January this year.
Try Massachusetts- that is SCARY.

CygnusX1 wrote:$3.74 for regular...$4.50 for Diesel here...
$3.86 for regular- seen as high as $4.85 for diesel.
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YYZ30 wrote:
awip2062 wrote:And just out of curiosity, I went and looked up our gas taxes. According to The Tax Foundation, taxes in states I know we have By-torians are:

CA: $0.455
CT: $0.441
FL: $0.332
IN: $0.317
NJ: $0.145
NY: $0.412
OH: $0.28
PA: $0.323
UT: $0.245
VA: $0.196
WA: $0.36

This is per gallon as of 1 January this year.
Try Massachusetts- that is SCARY.

CygnusX1 wrote:$3.74 for regular...$4.50 for Diesel here...
$3.86 for regular- seen as high as $4.85 for diesel.
Those are the state taxes. How much are the federal taxes, anybody know?
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ElfDude wrote:Those are the state taxes. How much are the federal taxes, anybody know?
18.4 cents per gallon.
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Walkinghairball wrote:On my way to work this morning I passed the closest gas station to my house. Regular unleaded is $3.87 a gallon.


How bout you all???
I paid $4.06 today.
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Gas jumped to $3.89- diesel to $4.95 (!!!)
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Walkinghairball wrote:On my way to work this morning I passed the closest gas station to my house. Regular unleaded is $3.87 a gallon.


How bout you all???

I was wrong...............it was $3.89
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Notice the food prices are steadily higher each week too?
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awip2062 wrote:Notice the food prices are steadily higher each week too?
Oil is what lubricates the gears of democracy. When oil prices go up, it affects everything else.
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Well, with diesel so expensive, it is not surprise the food prices are rising, and other prices as well.

But my food budget doesn't like it! LOL
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We gotta cut back demand - plain and simple.

I look for the Fed to drop the national speed limit back down to 55.

On a lighter note, I found out that if I do the speed limit to and from
work, I can make it all week on a tank of gas. Suh-WEET.
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The Department of Transportation said figures from March show the steepest decrease in driving ever recorded.

Compared with March a year earlier, Americans drove an estimated 4.3 percent less -- that's 11 billion fewer miles, the DOT's Federal Highway Administration said Monday, calling it "the sharpest yearly drop for any month in FHWA history." Records have been kept since 1942.
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Big Blue Owl wrote:The Department of Transportation said figures from March show the steepest decrease in driving ever recorded.
Well evidently, DoT doesn't use the BELTWAY much. :razz: :roll:

DC is #4 in gridlock in the U.S.

SHOW ME THE DECREASE! :shock: :lol:

Seriously, I can agree with that, but the numbers don't reflect a drop
in prices - even though demand is down. So...

The suggestion of reducing demand doesn't even seem valid now, but
the folks aren't being serious about it. We could do a lot better.

Evidently, fuel hasn't gotten expensive enough for many to cut down
on frivolous consumption. It sure has where I live. :roll: :???:

Especially when I see people still hauling ass down the interstate...
they must have money to burn...no pun intended. :-D
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Big Blue Owl wrote:The Department of Transportation said figures from March show the steepest decrease in driving ever recorded.
I've cut back a little (probably about 4% like they said). I can imagine lots of people have. But I just can't stop driving to work.
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I need to get my bike tuned up and start pedaling to work. It's an 8 minute drive, all pretty much back streets, so prolly 15 on a bike tops.
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Walkinghairball wrote:I need to get my bike tuned up and start pedaling to work. It's an 8 minute drive, all pretty much back streets, so prolly 15 on a bike tops.
I'd love that.
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