[Vision2020] Gas prices: Idaho ($3.55/gal) versus Missouri ($2.86/gal)

[Kai Eiselein]

Here in Moscow it's the shipping costs. It's apparently less costly to ship to Deary or Orofino.
I'm sure it has nothing to do with having a large student population that can be taken advantage of.


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> Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 09:30:51 -0700 
> From: janesta at gmail.com 
> To: kmmos1 at frontier.com 
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com 
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Gas prices: Idaho ($3.55/gal) versus Missouri  
> ($2.86/gal) 
>  
> Wow! It is expensive to live in Moscow. Of course, it IS Moscow, and I  
> miss the PNW so much! 
>  
> Gas is $2.93 at Costco, and $2.70 at Safeway, using my points. 
>  
> Have a good weekend! 
> Janesta 
>  
>  
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Kenneth Marcy  
> <kmmos1 at frontier.com<mailto:kmmos1 at frontier.com>> wrote: 
> Two items: 1) 24/7 Wall St. gas prices report, and 2) GasBuddy.com details. 
>  
> 1)  24/7 Wall St 
>  
> 1. Missouri 
> > Price per gallon: $2.86 
> > Unemployment rate: 7.2% (22nd highest) 
> > Total state taxes: 17.3 cents per gallon (5th lowest) 
> > Number of refineries: 0 
>  
> Missouri has the lowest gas prices in the nation at just $2.86 per  
> gallon. Yet, the state does not produce or refine any oil. Like several  
> other states, Missouri is advantaged by its proximity to refineries in  
> Louisiana and Texas, as well as to major points along the Keystone  
> Pipeline. The Mississippi River is also used to transport oil and other  
> products, and it connects the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana with  
> Missouri. Additionally, residents of Missouri pay some of the lowest  
> gas taxes in the nation, totaling just 17.3 cents per gallon. 
>  
> Here is a URL for the entire story: http://tinyurl.com/n7f3857 
>  
> The Missouri data is on page 3 of 3. 
>  
> 2)  GasBuddy prices within the last 36 hours in Moscow, Idaho: 
>  
> http://www.idahogasprices.com/index.aspx?area=Moscow 
>  
> Moscow, ID gas prices $3.55 per gallon; Idaho average $3.22 per gallon. 
>  
> $3.55 -- $2.86 = $0.69 higher, or $0.69 / $2.86 = 24.1% higher than the  
> base low price. 
>  
> Ken 
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