USA National Gas Price Heat Map - GasBuddy.com

Now you can see what gas prices are around the country at a glance. Areas are color coded according to their price for the average price for regular unleaded gasoline.

You will note that some divisions in price ranges follow state lines. These are created by differences in state gas taxes, rather than production and transportation costs. California is mostly mapped in red and Wyoming is mostly green because of what goes on inside state capitols rather than what goes on in oil fields and refineries. And it is no coincidence that the states with the big, pretentious, and intrusive governments are in the midst of budget crises. (California, for example is nearing default.) These same states have high taxes, annual vehicle inspections, civilian disarmament (“gun control”) laws, restrictive zoning, expensive building permits, and on and on.

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USA National Gas Price Heat Map - GasBuddy.com

(via thedailydan)

I think someone may have confused Wyoming with Colorado, since Wyoming is mostly yellow.

Carry on.

(via oneminutelater)

I filled up my car yesterday at a station I’d never been to. Turns out the advertised price on the sign is only for cash-customers. It’s 6 cents more per gallon to swipe a card. Once I think about it from the perspective of a small business owner, I can understand it—but it annoyed me at the time….. Have you experienced that at gas stations at all?