In a country where people can't buy anything for a penny anymore, it seems odd to pull up to a gas station and see a fraction of a cent included in …
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The practice of tacking 9/10 of a cent on the end of a gas price goes back to a decades-old tax imposed by state and federal governments. It was supposed to expire but never did. Plus more about gas prices, U.S. oil reserves and gasoline in general.
It's a familiar scenario. You pull into a gas station and fill up, only to drive a block down the road and see another station has gas for 20 cents …
Today's gas prices are uncomfortably high for most Americans. The national average cost for a regular gallon of gas was $4.252 as of March 21, 2022, …
Critics of any U.S. president are quick to blame the commander in chief for things that are totally beyond his or her control. (Of course, presidents …
When Americans talk of "oil reserves," they're actually talking about the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The Strategic Petroleum …
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