Monday, August 25, 2008

Gas Falls Below $3 Per Gallon in Mississippi!!


4 Comments:

At 8/26/2008 9:22 AM, Blogger the buggy professor said...

That is an extraordinary price . . . encouraging too. Can someone in these Carpe Diem forums explain why prices can vary so markedly across states?

It can't just be transportation costs, can it?

Michael Gordon, AKA, the buggy professor

 
At 8/26/2008 9:58 AM, Blogger OBloodyHell said...

Well, that's a full 25 cents below any other price, so my own observation would be that it's a promotional price. It's still good, and $3.29 seems to be common, which is about a 90 cent differnce from only 3 months ago where I am (still notably above 3.29, here, though, mind you)

I assume a large part of the difference is state and local taxes, plus proximity to refineries. Any pump price has to include transport expenses, and many states (Florida, for example, which has a lot of tourists) all use different taxation measures for revenue inputs.

 
At 8/26/2008 10:14 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

New Albany, MS is about half way between Memphis and Birmingham, so it is a natural stopping point for a lot of trucks on that route. They're not the only truck stop in New Albany fighting for that traffic.

The truck stop has a restaurant and pool hall and other conveniences, so they are probably trying to drive up inside sales, as selling gas is not near as profitable.

Transportation costs come into play as it is relatively close to the gulf. Discounts for volume, etc.

Taxes are also important. MS taxes gas at 18 cents per gallon. NY taxes 31.9 cents. Kansas - 24 cents. California taxes at only 18 cents per gallon plus 6% state sales tax plus 1.25% county sales tax plus local taxes plus 1.2 cents per gallon UST fee.

 
At 8/28/2008 9:05 AM, Blogger K T Cat said...

Yeah, but that's Mississippi, a state with one of the worst education ratings in the country. How do we know they just didn't add the numbers up correcly?

;-)

 

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