Just a tidbit....  I believe it's consistently cheapest in Georgia because
imported fuel is brought into the country there.


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From: "Team Tierra Buena" <teamtierrabuena@earthlink.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:23 AM
Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] RE: Oregon bureaucrats propose using GPS to
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>
> > you can't pump your own GAS in Oregon??? Who pumps it for you? Trisha
>
> Likewise New Jersey, the only other state that prohibits self-service
> gas pumping.
>
> Who pumps it for you? Paid attendants, who, in the "olden" days
> (pre-1973 and the "Original" gasoline crisis) would also, check your oil
> and water while the tank was filling. That's where the now-antiquated
> term "service station" came from; they would actually perform routine
> service on your car while attending to the filling of your gas tank. Now
> I remember why we speak of the "good old days" <sigh>.
>
> For what it's worth, even with mandatory "full service", New Jersey
> consistently ranks as one of the three or four cheapest states in the
> country in which to buy gas. Here's a quote from a report dated October
> 10, 2002, and prepared by AAA Arizona:
>
> "Across the country, California continues its reign as the state with
> the highest gasoline price average of $1.587 per gallon, followed by New
> York: $1.552 and Wisconsin: $1.537. While the cheapest average fuel
> price was spotted in Georgia at $1.321 per gallon, followed by South
> Carolina: $1.353 and New Jersey: $1.355. Locally, the most notable price
> dip occurred in Scottsdale where the average cost of fuel decreased 2.4
> cents to $1.393 per gallon. The East Valley was a close second, slipping
> two cents to $1.363 per gallon."
>
> Prescott wasn't listed, but Flagstaff was at 1.525 and the statewide
> average for Arizona was 1.414, while the national average at the time of
> the report was 1.447.
>
> Before you accuse me of going way off-topic here, because we're on an
> extremely tight budget, I have a pretty good idea of how much geo-gas we
> burn and how much it costs. It's a big reason we haven't been too active
> of late. So it's important to me caching-wise to pay attention to fuel
> costs. Once you've bought the GPSr gas is the single biggest expense,
> and in time becomes a larger cost than your GPSr.
>
> Steve
> Team Tierra Buena
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". -- Dave
> Barry
>
>
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