I just drove across seven states in the US and the lowest gas prices were in the red states. I don’t know why that was unless there is some sort of state subsidy to keep Trump from looking stupid.
Indiana suspended gas tax from April until July 7th. It will likely keep getting extended as long as Trump wants it. We’re sub $3 in areas of the state.
We also cut school budgets so my kid won’t have a full time PE, art, or music teacher next year. I’m sure it’s unrelated.
A lot of it is tax based, but there are some other factors. CA has high fuel taxes, but they also have higher standards to ensure cleaner burning. AZ is a good place to see how much difference the cleaner burning fuel costs because Maricopa county (Phoenix area) requires gas stations to use CA standard fuel, but not the rest of the state. So compare gas in Phoenix to gas in Tucson.
There are a lot of other factors such as transportation costs, and infrastructure that keeps gas cheaper in the southern states where there are more refineries. Or coastal states where crude oil is more easily shipped to.
Looking at a map of oil refineries in the USA, there is a lot all over the midwest which trend red. Given rail is pretty big in those areas it’s cheaper to ship to markets.
I just drove across seven states in the US and the lowest gas prices were in the red states. I don’t know why that was unless there is some sort of state subsidy to keep Trump from looking stupid.
Indiana suspended gas tax from April until July 7th. It will likely keep getting extended as long as Trump wants it. We’re sub $3 in areas of the state.
We also cut school budgets so my kid won’t have a full time PE, art, or music teacher next year. I’m sure it’s unrelated.
A lot of it is tax based, but there are some other factors. CA has high fuel taxes, but they also have higher standards to ensure cleaner burning. AZ is a good place to see how much difference the cleaner burning fuel costs because Maricopa county (Phoenix area) requires gas stations to use CA standard fuel, but not the rest of the state. So compare gas in Phoenix to gas in Tucson.
There are a lot of other factors such as transportation costs, and infrastructure that keeps gas cheaper in the southern states where there are more refineries. Or coastal states where crude oil is more easily shipped to.
Looking at a map of oil refineries in the USA, there is a lot all over the midwest which trend red. Given rail is pretty big in those areas it’s cheaper to ship to markets.
I know at least one state has suspended the gas tax, which is a state subsidy in practice.