In Kansas City its still $2.50
3.41 in the AK... I have never seen fuel cheaper than gas in 12 years up here... It's been probably 25 ish years since it was that way in Idaho.
The price of fuel is directly related to the tax charged by each state. PA has the 2nd highest in the country at $.89/gallon.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_States
Its wiki, but its accurate.
Yeah that does seem like a high price in relation to the tax for AK.
Here it is straight from the API.
http://www.api.org/oil-and-natural-gas-overview/industry-economics/fuel-taxes
The price of diesel is really cheap, but look at how much cheaper it is than gas. I don't know how long it's been since I've seen that.
Albert, are there no refineries in AK? If not, then its obvious why its so expensive there - has to be piped down the pipeline to somewhere to be refined then piped or hauled back over a long ass ways. Still sux its so expensive there though.
Mitch we have 4 in Alaska... And I could buy the shipping cost horse sh*t except the last time I was in Hawaii, I paid 10 cents a gallon less than when I was home. What a friggin scam.
The issue is not the number of refineries, but the quantity of fuel they can produce, most of which is Jet A50 for the DOD or the airlines.
The price of fuel is based on barging costs from Cherry Point Wa.
We produce crude oil on the North Slope, tanker it to Washington, have it turned into refined products, and barged back to Anchorage for distribution to the rail belt and points beyond.
The transport costs are what control the cost of the fuel up here, not the taxes.