Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:13:27 -0500 From: tom reingold <trn244nopsamnline.net> Subject: Re: fuel prices
On 1/16/2003 4:45 PM:Malcolm W. Mason wrote >>NJ is fairly low. This week, it's about $1.439 in the name brand places >>and about $1.299 in the off-brand places. > > I paid $1.29 this very afternoon. Is it transportation, special > stte-required low pollutig fuel or are the oil companies screwing the > midwest again?I wonder what Chicago or the rest of Illinois is like> > > Malcolm > No, it's all because the excise taxes for NJ are lower than other places. I believe the reason the taxes are low here is that the oil companies have major facilities here, and the state wouldn't dare bite the hand that feeds it. BTW, I noticed prices in DE, MD, and VA are pretty low, too, especially DE. -- Tom Reingold Noo Joizy
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