WASHINGTON - When you pull up to the pump to fill your tank, do you ever wonder where your gas money goes? If you think the gas station gets your bills, think again.
According to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), gas stations receive about 3 to 5 cents of profit from each gallon of gas they sell.
In fact, gas stations make more money off of the candy and soda sold inside the service stores than from the fuel sold outside.
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3 comments:
so switch to electric and 100% goes to electric company?
coal fired cars are so great for the environment................
Interesting - $3.50/gallon is broken down in MD this way then -
$2.51/gal for exploration, drilling, transport to the refinery, refining, and storage (plus dealing with, interpreting, and abiding by a morass of regulations regarding every phase);
$0.05/gal for the business owner's investment in property, building, equipment, and payroll (and regulation compliance);
$0.51/gal for the driver and equipment to deliver the gas from the refinery to the station Look at the regulations here);
or a total of $3.07/gal for those who take the risk, employ the people, and foster growth in the economy to deliver a product very much a part of everyday life.
That leaves $0.63 in Federal and State Excise and Sales taxes for the Government allowing them to do so, and wasting the money as they see fit.
Ya'll smokin crack if you believe that 3-5 cent crap. Those days are over. One man around here controls the gas prices and most of the stations.
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