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From 1998 to 2004, the price of gasoline fluctuated between $0.26 and $0.53 per liter ($1 and $2/U.S. gal). After 2004, the price increased until the average gasoline price reached a high of $1.09 per liter ($4.11/U.S. gal) in mid-2008 but receded to approximately $0.69 per liter ($2.60/U.S. gal) by September 2009.
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.
Ronira / Getty Images/iStockphoto. American drivers had it rough back in 1981. The average price of gasoline spiked to $1.353 a gallon that year — up from $1.221 in 1980 and more than double the ...
American drivers had it rough back in 1981 as the average price of gasoline spiked to $1.35 a gallon that year — up from $1.22 in 1980. This was more than double the price just three years ...
The price per gallon never topped 90 cents in the closing years of the ’80s — about $2.40 today. A decade later in 1996-97, prices peaked at $1.23, which is almost exactly the same in 2022 ...
State Taxes. The United States federal excise tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon and 24.4 cents per gallon for diesel fuel. [1] [2] Proceeds from the tax partly support the Highway Trust Fund. The federal tax was last raised on October 1, 1993, and is not indexed to inflation, which increased 111% from Oct. 1993 until Dec. 2023.
The Atlantic recently referred to gasoline as "the only product whose prices are advertised on big signs by the side of the highway." Here It Is: Our 2022 Small Business Spotlight Learn: 7...
A fuel station in the United States displaying fuel prices per US gallon The US liquid gallon (frequently called simply "gallon") is legally defined as 231 cubic inches , which is exactly 3.785411784 litres.