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Chart of the Day: Don’t Blame the Gas Station for Price Spike

| 23 February 2012 21:00

By Global Macro Monitor

Here’s a cool graphic from the EIA on what drives the price of a gallon of gasoline in January 2012. We paid $4.20 last night in California!

Note 76 percent of the price for a gallon of gas is driven by crude oil. Only 6 percent by refining and 6% distribution and marketing. Though these components do vary over time, but not by much.

So when you start to crack at paying $100 to fill your tank, remember it’s really not the crack spreadBlame the crude or Brent!

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2 Comments

  1. Dave Holden says:
    24 February 2012 at 07:30

    Compare with the tax take in the UK..

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15462923

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  2. falk burger says:
    25 February 2012 at 11:04

    Useless graph – does not inform as to what market forces influence the various components.

    Reply

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