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* Crude oil -- 57% o Finding the crude oil o Getting the crude oil out of the ground o Transporting the crude oil to the refinery o Maintaining a

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* Crude oil -- 57%

o Finding the crude oil

o Getting the crude oil out of the ground

o Transporting the crude oil to the refinery

o Maintaining a reserve capacity of crude oil

o Profit

* Refining the crude oil into gasoline -- 18%

o Producing special blends of gasoline to meet local clean air government regulations

o Transporting the gasoline to the gas station

o Profit

* Selling the gasoline at a station -- 11%

o Operational costs

o Marketing costs

o Profit

* Taxes, federal and state -- 20%

source: Gas Prices
Notice that the government probably makes a whole lot more off a gallon of gas than the actual companies that goes to the trouble of finding.refining and marketing it.
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