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The largest component of the average price of $2.80/gallon of regular grade gasoline in the United States from 2012 through 2021, representing 54.8% of the price of gas, was the price of crude oil. The second largest component during the same period was taxes—federal and state taxes representing 17% of the price of gas.
The average fuel economy for all vehicles on the road is higher in Europe than the United States because the higher cost of fuel changes consumer behaviour. In the UK, a gallon of gas without tax would cost US$1.97, but with taxes cost US$6.06 in 2005. The average cost in the United States was US$2.61. [21]
In 1928, following market reductions in the cost of a UK gallon of fuel to about 1s 2½d (equivalent to £4.6 in 2023), [2] the Government introduced a tax of 4d (£0.017) per UK gallon [4] bringing the cost of a UK gallon of petrol to 1s 6¾d [citation needed] (equivalent to £5.94 in 2023). [2]
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By 1929, all existing 48 states had enacted some sort of gas tax. [28] Today, fuel taxes in the United States vary by state. The United States federal excise tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per US gallon (4.9 ¢/L) and 24.4 cents per US gallon (6.4 ¢/L) for diesel fuel. On average, as of July 2016, state and local taxes add 29.78 cents to ...
It wasn’t until 2005, when inflation began rising briefly again, that gas hit $2.30 a gallon — about $3.57 in today’s money. In 2010, gas prices reached $2.79, about $3.82 in 2022 dollars.
But the average price of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts has fallen by just 3.7p per litre. Figures from data firm Experian Catalist show the average price per litre on Sunday was 163.6p ...
One GGE of natural gas is 126.67 cubic feet (3.587 m 3) at standard conditions. This volume of natural gas has the same energy content as one US gallon of gasoline (based on lower heating values: 900 BTU/cu ft (9.3 kWh/m 3) of natural gas and 114,000 BTU/US gal (8.8 kWh/L) for gasoline). [22]