“Where do you get that idea?”
From being old enough to have driven and bought gas in the 1960’s when gas would go under a 20 cents during price wars. In 1965, the average cost of gasoline at the station was approximately 30 to 31 cents per gallon.
Today, the price of gas is over run with taxes in California. And aviation fuel is even more grafted.
Taxes include:
Total Taxes/Fees: Approximately $0.90 per gallon as of March 2026.
State Excise Tax: Roughly 61.2 cents per gallon, which is subject to annual inflation adjustments.
Federal Excise Tax: 18.4 cents per gallon (unchanged since 1993).
Environmental Fees: Costs associated with the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) and Cap-and-Trade programs.
And many of those same taxes are in other states as they find it profitable for the government wish list. See anything there that offers any price breaks to the consumer? See anything there that adds to the availability of state politicians to vote themselves a raise? Protect and defend? Yeah right.
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“In 1965, the average cost of gasoline at the station was approximately 30 to 31 cents per gallon.”
That would be about $3.29 in today’s dollars.
I paid $3.29 last Monday.
Yep, just as I thought.