Truth About Gas

This website was created to provide information about the current US situation with gasoline and our reliance on the worlds oil supply for energy.
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What do you get from a barrel of oil?
A standard barrel contains 42 US gallons of crude oil. It breaks down like this;
Gasoline 19.65 gallons
Distillate fuel oil 10.03 gallons
Jet fuel 4.07 gallons
Residual fuel oil 1.72 gallons

During the refining process there is actually a 2.2 gallon net gain, so 1 barrel of oil produces 44.2 gallons of product. Some of the other products that are created during the refining process are liquefied refinery gas, asphalt and road oil, various oils for foodstocks, lubricants, special napthas, kerosene, waxes and misc. other products.

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Gasoline Taxes! The nationwide average tax on gasoline is 45.9 cents per gallon. A summary of federal and state excise taxes and other taxes collected on gasoline is shown below. The federal tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon. The average state gasoline excise tax is 18.7 cents per gallon. Other taxes add 8.8 cents per gallon to the average tax on gasoline. These other taxes include applicable sales taxes, gross receipts taxes, oil inspection fees, underground storage tank fees and other miscellaneous environmental fees. Adding these taxes and fees to the state excise taxes results in a volume-weighted average state tax of 27.5 cents per gallon.

State	Gasoline State Tax	Gasoline Other Taxes	Gasoline Total State Taxes	Gasoline Total State and Federal Taxes
Alabama	16.0	4.3	20.3	38.7
Alaska	8.0		8.0	26.4
Arizona	18.0	1.0	19.0	37.4
California	18.0	24.2	42.2	60.6
Colorado	22.0		22.0	40.4
Connecticut	25.0	16.2	41.2	59.6
Delaware	23.0		23.0	41.4
D.C	20.0		20.0	38.4
Florida	4.0	27.9	31.9	50.3
Georgia	7.5	17.6	25.1	43.5
Hawaii	16.0	15.8	31.8	50.2
Idaho	25.0		25.0	43.4
Illinois	19.0	17.7	36.7	55.1
Indiana	18.0	12.6	30.6	49.0
Iowa	20.7	1.0	21.7	40.1
Kansas	24.0	1.0	25.0	43.4
Kentucky	17.1	1.4	18.5	36.9
Louisiana	20.0		20.0	38.4
Maine	25.9	1.5	27.4	45.8
Maryland	23.5		23.5	41.9
Massachusetts	21.0	2.5	23.5	41.9
Michigan	19.0	15.5	34.5	52.9
Minnesota	20.0	2.0	22.0	40.4
Mississippi	18.0	0.8	18.8	37.2
Missouri	17.0	0.6	17.6	36.0
Montana	27.0	0.8	27.8	46.2
Nebraska	26.1	0.9	27.0	45.4
Nevada	23.0	9.5	32.5	50.9
New Hampshire	18.0	2.6	20.6	39.0
New Jersey	10.5	4.0	14.5	32.9
New Mexico	17.0	1.0	18.0	36.4
New York**	8.0	41.5	49.5	67.9
North carolina	29.9	0.3	30.2	48.6
North Dakota	23.0		23.0	41.4
Ohio	28.0		28.0	46.4
Oklahoma	16.0	1.0	17.0	35.4
Oregon	24.0	0.9	24.9	43.3
Pennsylvania	12.0	20.3	32.3	50.7
Rhode Island	27.0	4.0	31.0	49.4
South Carolina	16.0	0.8	16.8	35.2
South Dakota	22.0	2.0	24.0	35.2
Tennessee	20.0	1.4	21.4	39.8
Texas	20.0		20.0	38.4
Utah	24.5		24.5	42.9
Vermont	19.0	1.0	20.0	38.4
Virginia	17.5	2.1	19.6	38.0
Washington	31.0		31.0	49.4
West Virginia	20.5	6.5	27.0	45.4
Wisconsin	30.9	2.0	32.9	51.3
Wyoming	13.0	1.0	14.0	32.4

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