^^^^^^ That chart doesn't make any sense. Look at the jump back up between #25 and #26....and then back down again.

It also only refers to average gas prices statewide. Prices within a state can also vary a lot between cities and rural areas.

 

Yea I noticed there's several mistakes in that list.

 

Yeah I didn't think it was accurate either at first, glad I'm not the only one.

No way Tennessee is that high on the list.

 

Is that an AI generated list?

 

Hahaha. OK, so P&G pays lower corporate taxes, so gas is cheaper? That makes NO sense whatsoever--especially since those corporate taxes have nothing to do with the state where the gas is sold. By your logic, any petroleum company that is incorporated in DE would be selling gas for less all over the country.

I mean, then go ahead and explain why 2 Wawa stations 1 mile from each other sell gas at different prices. Because of state corporate tax rates????

 

what's where my mind went.

 

Sam's gas. $3.63 (regular). Down 2 pennies.

At $3.63 it's 35 cents lower than the lowest 50th state gas price ranking on the above list. Guessing the list is average for all types gas 87-94 octane rating (Sam's premium is $4.31) including Top Tier snake oil. I pay a hefty premium for non-Ethanol fuel used in garden equipment, generators and pressure washer. Haven't been to Stevie Ray's for non-Ethanol in a while but I'm sure it's well over $5.

 

So your argument is that corporate expenses (including taxation) don't have an effect on what the company has to charge for its products? I'm glad I wasn't your math teacher.

I have more or less the same conditions here in the D.C. suburbs...where two local stations may charge 40-50 cents difference within a few blocks of each other. That's why when gas prices are averaged, it is (usually) by state rather than other comparisons....because gas-taxes vary by state. But they can also vary by locality.

 

Not on a gas station by gas station, state by state basis, no, of course not. You weren't my math teacher, and you also weren't my econ professor or business management professor... I mean, besides the fact that most gas stations are independent franchises not owned by the branded corporation whose gas they are selling.

 

Well, no matter who actually owns the station, if that station is selling name-brand has from a oil company, the retail-price charged at the pump will be determined partly by the wholesale price that company charges the station-owner, what the station-owner has to pay out in buisness and property-taxes, wages for the station employees, electricity/energy costs, business-insurance, local supply-and-demand conditions, and a number of other factors.

For company-owned stations, the situation may be a little different, but still basically similar.

 

Oil companies are NOT saying "Since your station is in Delaware, and we are a DE corporation and have better corporate taxes than other states, we'll sell to Delaware stations less than Pennsylvania stations." If you think this happens, I just don't know what to say.

If the station owner is paying lower local DE taxes than PA (including gas tax), then you have solved the answer as to why gas in DE would be less than gas in PA.

 

all - that's not what this thread is about. if you disagree, pm, not here.

back to gas prices.