Big Oil and fuel prices

[toyyoda]

To make a product raw material needs to be mined or harvested. Mining equipment and farming equipment use fuel.
Shipping by boat, train, truck, to a processing plant,  they all use fuel, and add a fuel surcharge.
Raw materials are processed, factory's use utility's.
Materials are then sent to a molding, machining shop, shipping plus fuel surcharge.

Comments

[theheretic]

The states add taxes onto the wholesale gasoline price. Constructing and repairing refineries costs money which becomes another add to the wholesale price. Special additives in gasoline such as California and the Bay Area require for "clean burning fuel" add costs. Its true that we're paying now what we paid when oil hit its max price at $147 years ago, but our sleazy states have jacked up taxes to make that happen. And of course, they won't cut taxes because "children and the poor will be hurt most". Isn't that what they always say?

[toyyoda]

The tax was intended to be used for road and bridge repairs, is it ?
The roads and bridges get worse every year and less repairs seem to be done each year.
The tax is set on per gallon, no matter the selling price. It depends on volume of sales, not percentage of sale price. If usage goes down, they get less tax, no matter the selling price.