This will not result in a direct increase in the cost of gas. I've watched when taxes go up, the price of gas does not increase one for one.
A large part of the price of gas is based on what they can get the consumer to pay... Not the actual cost, supply or demand. This is why there is a lag when the price per barrel goes down, but not when it goes up. The effect, for the most part would be less profit for these oil companies, and they make HUGE profits so...
Man, are ever dense.....ever notice how there is no lag when price of a barrel goes up.....
The price of gasoline is composed of four components. The largest component of the price is crude oil, 67%, followed by federal, state, and local excise and sales taxes on gasoline sales, 13%, refining expenses, 11%, and distribution and marketing expenses, 9%.
And when the price of oil reaches $100.00 a barrel, we can repeal the tax.
Only this asshole is more dense than Jarhead....