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Where I live in Tennessee, it's only $2.59. Why is it $5 in NY?
Is it all state and local taxes?
I just checked the heat maps online (on albanygasprices.com, which is an offshoot of gasbuddy.com), and NO PLACE is posting $5.00 gas in NY. The highest prices I am seeing is between $3.00 and $4.00 in the lower Hudson Valley, mostly Westchester County. I am in Albany County and paid $2.93 for gas just yesterday.
California requires special blends of gasoline it additives that supposedly reduce pollution. Or they would, if they didn't make engines run so poorly that people have to keep their foot flat on the floor to get their cars to keep up, and gas mileage drops, making the cars use more gasoline and put out more exhaust (and pollution).
Oil companies can't sell as much of the California blend, and the additives aren't cheap, so they raise the price.
A local radio DJ noticed that gas prices in neighboring Arizona were a more than a dollar less per gallon, and decided to make a showpiece out of it. He had actually rented a big gasoline tanker truck, planning to fill up in Arizona and drive into CA and sell the gas, before he found out it was illegal (CA State law) to sell Arizona gasoline in CA.
Don't know what the situation is in New York. Maybe it's something similar.
It's also about that at the nearest gas station to the Orlando Airport, and it has been for years. Fox News is well-practiced in selective reporting.
If you take a look at the sign in the Fox News link, you will see the word "FULL" at the top right hand corner of the sign.
This means that it is a full-service gas station: you are not allowed to pump your own gas. Full service gas stations, with maybe the exception being New Jersey, always charge higher prices because you are paying for the workers. I'm sure that in Manhattan, they only permit full service to keep things moving. I would also assume that gas in any large, expensive city is heavily taxed. I know in the DC area, gas in the city is probably $1.00 per gallon higher than out in the suburbs. They don't want you driving, they want you on public transportation. And the rent the gas station pays in the city is exhorbitant.
That said, the creeping up to $5.00 per gallon is indicative of the overall trend of gas prices rising significantly of late. Mine has gone up about $0.40 cents per gallon in the last few weeks.
In California, we require a reformulated gasoline to meet CARB (air quality) standards, which is different than the fuel in other states. This limits refinery capacity and the ability to truck in fuel from other states. This is a factor besides state taxes on fuel.
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