About 1/4 of the rise is due to the falling dollar.
Why do they ignore the cost of ethanol, the "gift that keeps on giving?"
It bites us from both ends, resulting in higher food prices, higher taxes for the handouts to farmers that make it economically viable, AND the REDUCED FUEL MILEAGE that results from the use of a lower-energy-content additive (ethanol) in our gasoline!
One of the dirty little secrets is that the EPA air monitors have been purposely set up in areas that register higher amounts of ozone particles. These monitors in no way measure representative samples of the air in this area. In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that the EPA simply makes up numbers. The EPA is the most corrupt federal agency in America.
It’s a matter I meant to alert Charlie Sykes, a Milwaukee radio personilty, about but never did so.
On top of that, Wisconsin doesn’t allow “gas price wars”.
That’s right...if for some reason, you want to sell gas 10 cents a gallon cheaper than the guy across the street....you probably can’t, because of the “Unfair Sales Act” or (Minimum markup law)
Motor vehicle fuel may not be sold at less than cost. For businesses selling motor vehicle fuel at a retail station, cost includes a 9.18% markup over the average posted terminal price. For wholesale transactions, cost includes a presumptive 3% markup.
Back in 2007, a judge ruled the law unsconsitutional...I don’t know where it stands today.