TMSBOSS said:

“Gasoline” in general costs the same across the lower 48. The difference is in taxation and regulation.

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Ct's current gas tax is .25 a gal.The Governor was thinking about having a gas tax reprieve while gas prices are currently spiraling thru the roof but nothing ever happened.

The other item that is part of the equation is competition. Both Iowa and Nebraska have relatively high State Taxes but with it common to have 2 and even sometimes 3 Gas Stations on street corners, competition keeps the pricing pretty low most of the time. Plus with both States producing a ton of Ethanol E15 is common and it gives newer cars another option. $3.34 of late for E15 and with Hormuz supposedly opening that will go down fairly soon one has to imagine?

302BOB said:

Ct's current gas tax is .25 a gal.

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That's the direct consumer tax. There's also an 8.1% tax levied by CT on the first sale (so usually paid by a wholesaler but passed to consumers) of all petroleum products. Wholesale spot price today for gasoline at NY harbor is $3.18, so that's another ~26 cents per gallon, making total CT tax on gasoline over 50 cents per gallon.

Google says there was a court ruling that the CT petroleum tax needs to be calculated on the total sale, which includes the tax. So CT is even taxing the tax.

As @Bill Pemberton says, price also depends on competition, and I'll add that another major factor is what the local station thinks market will bear. When I was commuting to Hartford daily, I could save 20-30 cents/gal. by filling my tank outside Hartford or New Haven instead of in Fairfield County; all Top Tier stations and sometimes the same brand.

Dave, Our beloved state is known as the " Tax You To Death State" for a good reason........I'm betting all our newly elected pubic servants get a copy of the following poem as a " Must Read"...............
The Tax Poem
Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table at which he's fed.
Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, Teach him taxes are the rule.
Tax his work, Tax his pay, He works for peanuts anyway!
Tax his cow, Tax his goat, Tax his pants, Tax his coat. Tax his ties, Tax his shirt, Tax his work, Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco, Tax his drink, Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his cigars, Tax his beers, If he cries tax his tears.
Tax his car, Tax his gas, Find other ways to tax his ass.
Tax all he has, Then let him know, That you won't be done till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers, Then tax him some more, Tax him till he's good and sore.
Then tax his coffin, Tax his grave, Tax the sod in which he's laid.
Put these words Upon his tomb, 'Taxes drove me to my doom...'
When he's gone, Do not relax, Its time to apply the inheritance tax.

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