The payments cover the 71-cent-a-gallon wholesale cost of the fuel and a 91-to-99-cent transportation fee charged by the company, which the lawmakers have said is exorbitant and have likened to "highway robbery".
I just paid $1.78, & teh refinery is 30 minutes away. highway robbery is teh state & federal taxes.
California 50.4 cents which goes into general funds, where $4.90 of every $1000's goes into transportaion.
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