From a passing conversation with the coworker about the price of gas, I have decided to dig in, a bit, into the intricacies of why it is what it is.

Executive Producers:

Dame Slamy

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/motorfuel/aboutmf.cfm

https://www.api.org/oil-and-natural-gas/energy-primers/gas-prices-explained

https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/604688/how-gas-prices-are-determined

https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/state-tax/603259/states-with-the-highest-gas-taxes

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/gasoline/factors-affecting-gasoline-prices.php

https://www.dieselplace.com/threads/lubricity-additive-study-results.177728/

https://lendstart.com/blog/gas-stations-make-a-lot-of-money-but-how-much-do-they-actually-make/

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/economics-gas-station-rcna19516

https://dor.wa.gov/taxes-rates/tax-incentives/deductions/motor-vehicle-fuel-tax-rates

https://www.tn.gov/revenue/taxes/motor-fuel-taxes.html

https://www.tn.gov/tdot/finance/gas-tax1.html

https://www.driveelectrictn.org/what-tennessee-drivers-pay-in-state-gas-tax-state-ev-registration-fees/

https://www.salestaxhandbook.com/tennessee/gasoline-fuel

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/excisetax.asp

Current price of crude:

https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/oil-price?type=wtitarget%3D&op=1

US Energy Information Admin; Petroleum and Other Liquids:

https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/

https://fastercapital.com/content/Price-per-flowing-barrel--Understanding-the-role-of-refining-costs.html

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-05-28/shutting-down-oil-wells-a-risky-and-expensive-option/

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=8_NA_8O0_NUS_C&f=A

https://www.cstoredive.com/news/buc-ees-advertising-how-much-it-pays-its-staff-labor-wages/688700/

https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/publications/the-1973-oil-crisis-three-crises-in-one-and-the-lessons-for-today/

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a20970380/how-leaded-gas-came-to-be-and-why-we-dont-miss-it/

https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/11/why-lead-used-to-be-added-to-gasoline/

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/shaleoil.asp

https://thepetrosolutions.com/shale-oil-production-uses-composition-advanatges/

Crude oil cracking in deep reservoirs: A review of the controlling factors and estimation methods:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1995822623000730

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/oil-embargo

Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/senate-bill/1570/text

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Petroleum_Allocation_Act

https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/executive-order-12287-decontrol-crude-oil-and-refined-petroleum-products

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/29/us/president-abolishes-last-price-controls-on-us-produced-oil.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/25/business/lifting-of-gasoline-controls-changing-sale-pattern.html

https://www.eba-net.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/3-Vol2_No1_1981_After_the_EPAA_What_Oil_Allocation_a.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpjack

Oil Well Financial Analysis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC0zvefXfeQ

Maintenance on a 101 Year Old Oil Well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evmuD06nlT0

https://billybon3s.com/

https://www.tabletopwoodworks.com/

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