“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right
to tell people what they do not want to hear.”

- George Orwell

Over the river and through the woods to Grandma's house last week took a four tanks of gasoline by the time we got home. Stopping for gas while on a trip often entails taking on bottled water or coffee refills as well. Ever wondered how much it would cost if your car ran on water or coffee instead of gasoline? Here's a useful table:



This is one of the interesting tidbits on the ConocoPhillips web-site detailing what factors go into gas prices. While ConocoPhillips would hardly be considered an unbiased resource, this page provides links to outside sources and studies that help explain the situation. The information is well organized and easy to understand if you're looking for a centralized resource on this topic.

One of the factors looked at is the impact of state taxes on gasoline (in addition to the 18.4 cents per gallon federal gasoline tax). The site offers both a map and list of gax taxes by state, and it may surprise you to know that Minnesota is around the middle of the pack nationwide at 22 cents per gallon (as of November, 2004), and lower than all of its neighboring states except Iowa.

HT: the Periodical and Amy Ridenour