$1 difference between gas and diesel, WHY ??
The best I can remember, when diesel was $4.00 a gallon, wasn't oil something like $110 a gallon? Now oil is around $60 a gallon and diesel is around $3.75 here in central CA. Can someone explai...
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Trackrig wrote:
A lot of it is the difference in the fuel taxes between the two. The various taxing agencies know that the general public won't scream as loud if they charge the trucking companies higher taxes - the dumb public doesn't think it hits their pocket.
In Anchorage right now the price of diesel is only pennies more than gas.
Bill
Excellent point!
Most consumers think that it is possible to tax "big business" and then they will not have to pay the tax. Of course, anyone with common sense knows that businesses will simply pass the tax along in the form of higher prices. This scheme also suits our politicians as it allows them to "tax the bad guy" without raising taxes directly on voters.
