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- From: pmwempe@cbnewse.cb.att.com (paul.michael.wempe)
- Subject: Re: New Gasoline Ripoff
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 23:30:28 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.233028.23565@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Nov3.121946.1072@newstand.syr.edu> <1992Nov5.135758.20536@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov5.135758.20536@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>, sdb@redbeard.physics.fsu.edu (Scott D. Berry) writes:
- >
- > You are wrong -- alcohol is more expensive than the gas.
- > Remember the actual cost of the gasoline is NOT the ~$1.20
- > you pay for it at the station. My memory tells me that the
- > actual cost (out of the refinery) is closer to $.60-$.80/gal.
- > (or even less, since there are typically $.30 in taxes).
-
- Here in Illinois some stations sell both the gas+ethanol and
- the 100% gass side by side, and the ethanol blend is usually
- cheaper (and has an equivalent, but usually higher octane rating)
-
- State variation in tax breaks?
-
- Mike
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