The state has unique fuel requirements: Arizona requires a particular oil blend of gasoline to meet air quality regulations, which results in more expensive gas.
State gas taxes are the biggest component, but distance from a pipe line is huge. Once delivery by a truck is baked in, costs escalate. Rural areas pay the most.
It’s gotta be state taxes, I think. And both Az and Fla soak tourists for every cent they can….I have never heard anyone say they aren’t taking a vacation because the gasoline or hotel/motel tax is too high….I have a cousin who is a Az resident who admits much of that state’s “special funding” (football and baseball stadium funding for example) was financed by raising the H/M tax and rental car franchise taxes….No resident is going oppose money gifted them by tourists….
I was going to explain Arizona, but the internet does it better.
kjzz.org
Me uptight? Nope…. Curious as to why gas in Phoenix would be $1 gallon more than in DSM… really hadn’t noticed that large a price difference here in previous trips but I haven’t been here in 5 years or so. Maybe Az needs to use ethanol! We could send you Kim for a while if you want?!
I fillled up today for $3.39….I haven’t seen a sniff of anything lower and drove about 80 miles to and from golf today from Mesa to western burb area today….I saw a lot of $3.59 howsevwere…
