How does the price for a gallon of gas break down as far as taxes and so fore?
368626
Look on the pump for tax info.\n\n\nRefineries are EXPENSIVE as hell, and hard to get permits for because no one wants them in their area.
785033
around 15 cents a gallon (memory). That was back when a dollar would go a long ways. Now  it is $3.00, so I guss the average would be about a dollar forty five.
389988
To answer your question, nothing.\n\nIf you want more money in your pocket, contact your Senators and Representative and tell them you want:\n\n1.  The federal gasoline tax tax repealed.\n2.  The Fair Tax enacted. http://fairtaxgroups.com/\n3.  The state gasoline tax repealed (state reps, obviously).\n\nFor tyreek_thefreak: Global warming is NOT caused by driving a car.  Global warming has been going on for over 20,000 years.  Ever hear of the Ice Age?  Much of the U.S. was covered in 100 feet of ice.  Thank God for global warming.
671501
Ummm....it wasn't a buck a gallon in 1998.  More like $1.30.  Not sure what the price of a barrel was, but I think it was closer to $25.  \n\nI do remember as a kid when gas was about 26 cents per gallon.  And I remember feeling ripped of as a teenager when the price went to 50 cents per gallon.
128405
Won't work unless everybody makes the same amount of money. The person who has a minimum wage job would get screwed, he doesn't have that much taxes taken out to off set the  increase in gas costs.
371004
Most gas stations, even those with well known names, will typically get their gasoline from the most economical source as long as it meets their specifications. Sometimes it is cheaper to buy from a local refinery and save the cost of hauling from your own refinery.\n\nActually I buy a lot from Exxon because their prices are 1 to 3 cents below the next closest gas station.\n\nThe idea that you can force gas prices down is a pipe dream. You can boycott all you want, there is a very high demand for gasoline and that will only go higher with a resulting further rise in gasoline prices.
202996
I have! Oil prices go down and gas goes up. Supplies increase the price at the pump goes up. The 2nd biggest oil deposit in the world comes under U.S. control.... You get the idea. Enough is enough. His friends have all made a buck on this insanity, let's go back to $1.00 a gallon.
412541
I didn't know that, but on the Today show this morning they said a gallon of gas in Iraq is 35 cents and 12 cents in Venezuela!  We're getting ripped!
296789
First, you need to define 'goes bust'.  Even if the price went really high (say $10.00 per gallon), it would only be transient because: 1) people will adapt their behavior to reduce consumption (we saw this already at $3.00/gal.), 2) many alternative forms of energy will become price competitive, and 3) a lot more oil and gasoline will eventually be found and produced because it will be very profitable to do so.\n\nHistory repeats itself.  We had major fuel/energy crises in the 70's.  In 1979 I paid $1.069 per gallon; after inflation, that is over $3.00 per gal. now. And, my very economical economy car ( a very small 1976 Toyota pickup) got 'awesome' gas mileage of 18 mpg highway!  "Experts" then said there was only enough oil left in the world to last until the mid-90's (ten years ago!).  In the 70's most cars got about 10-12 mpg, now many get TRIPLE that!  Technology will triumph again.\n\nBest wishes!
1003679
They Have actually gone down 4 cents per gallon in the past few weeks (ref: CNN)
333182
It's all about supply and demand, and right now Americans demand a lot of gas.  If we stopped filling our cars up and driving so much, the price of gas would (eventually) go down.  Think of it like this:  if you sell grapes at a farmers' market where grapes are normally 69 cents a pound, then suddenly everyone wants your grapes, you can raise the price of grapes until the point where people say that your grapes are too expensive (say, $2 a pound), and then they will stop buying them.  Now, economics and human behavior determine the point at which supply equals demand, and where those two lines cross is the top price people will normally pay for something - grapes, gas, etc.  \n\nGas prices won't go down until people reach the point where they say enough is enough.  Then they have to physically stop buying the gas.  Complaining about the price alone will not affect anything.
632027
It's psychological.  Most prices end in $.99.  You see a sweater you like and it's on sale for $24.99.  You think $24 is an ok price.  The sweater actually costs $25.  It's the same with gas.  The 9/10 at the end makes you think the gas is $2.94 a gallon when it really costs $2.95.  Vendors will use any trick they can to get people to buy.
712189
Would'nt matter as the consumer would finish up paying the total tax.In Australia petrol is sold by the liter.That's a massive hike and would cause prices to rise accross the board.The govt.would be kicked out of office if it dared to impose such a draconian tax on the people
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Gas prices will never go down.  You might see a small reduction after a massive increase, but $3 a pop is now the price.  I bet you will see $4 a gallon by the end of summer.\n\nWith your suggestions I believe you think American corporate price gouging is the cause for high prices.  Most of the other answers point to supply and demand.  But if price gouging is a factor, I fear there is no solution.\n\nMost of middle America hates the prices, but loves the profits they are accruing with stocks in their 401K.  ExxonMobile made $10 million in one month, made $1 billion last quarter.  ConnocoPhilips made about 1/3 that in profits as well.\n\nThere just aren't enough people in the country that don't profit from selling gas to go beyond complaining about the price.
86348
Gasoline futures are wholesale prices and do not include taxes which are substantial. A future also has to account for storage and inteerst costs.
332984
Hmmm...Not really sure.\n\nI know that the "price freeze", if instituted by the government, would only apply to the actual sale of gas.  The price of oil COULD continue to rise (the foreign stuff (a LOT)), which would mean less of a profit for the oil companies, who buy the oil & refine it into gasoline.\n\nI can't exactly aswer your question, but a price freeze may not help.
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Nationally, the average per gallon price for regular gasoline is $2.50.\n\nAre gasoline prices high? That's not the best way to ask that question. It's akin to asking, "Is Williams tall?" The average height of U.S. women is 5'4", and for men, it's 5'10". Being 6'4", I'd be tall relative to the general U.S. population. But put me on a basketball court, next to the average NBA basketball player, and I wouldn't be tall; I'd be short. So when we ask whether a price is high or low, we have to ask relative to what.\n\nIn 1950, a gallon of regular gasoline sold for about 30 cents; today, it's $2.50. Are today's gasoline prices high compared to 1950? Before answering that question, we have to take into account inflation that has occurred since 1950. Using my trusty inflation calculator (www.westegg.com/inflation), what cost 30 cents in 1950 costs $2.33 in 2005. \n\nIn real terms, that means gasoline prices today are only slightly higher, about 8 percent, than they were in 1950. Up until the recent spike, gasoline prices have been considerably lower than 1950 prices.\n\nSome Americans are demanding that the government do something about gasoline prices. Let's think back to 1979 when the government did do something. The Carter administration instituted price controls. What did we see? We saw long gasoline lines, and that's if the gas station hadn't run out of gas. It's estimated that Americans used about 150,000 barrels of oil per day idling their cars while waiting in line. In an effort to deal with long lines, the Carter administration introduced the harebrained scheme of odd and even days, whereby a motorist whose license tag started with an odd number could fill up on odd-numbered days, and those with an even number on even-numbered days.\n\nWith the recent spike in gas prices, the government has chosen not to pursue stupid policies of the past. As a result, we haven't seen shortages. We haven't seen long lines. We haven't seen gasoline station fights and riots. Why? Because price has been allowed to perform its valuable function -- that of equating demand with supply.\n\nOur true supply problem is of our own doing. Large quantities of oil lie below the 20 million acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). \n\nThe amount of land proposed for oil drilling is less than 2,000 acres, less than one-half of one percent of ANWR. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates there are about 10 billion barrels of recoverable oil in ANWR. But environmentalists' hold on Congress has prevented us from drilling for it. \n\nThey've also had success in restricting drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and off the shore of California. Another part of our energy problem has to do with refining capacity. Again, because of environmentalists' successful efforts, it's been 30 years since we've built a new oil refinery.\n\nFew people realize that the U.S. is also a major oil-producing country. After Saudi Arabia, producing 10.4 million barrels a day, then Russia with 9.4 million barrels, the U.S. with 8.7 million barrels a day is the third-largest producer of oil. But we could produce more. Why aren't we? \n\nProducers have a variety of techniques to win monopoly power and higher profits that come with that power. What's a way for OPEC to gain more power? \n\nI have a hypothesis, for which I have no evidence, but it ought to be tested. If I were an OPEC big cheese, I'd easily conclude that I could restrict output and charge higher oil prices if somehow U.S. oil drilling were restricted. I'd see U.S. environmental groups as allies, and I would make "charitable" contributions to assist their efforts to reduce U.S. output. Again, I have no evidence, but it's a hypothesis worth examination.