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The carbon tax would be applied to the fuel used by the tanker truck that moves the fuel from the refinery to the gas station, too. To estimate how much that w
by hollerith 7y ago
The carbon tax would be applied to the fuel used by the tanker truck that moves the fuel from the refinery to the gas station, too.
To estimate how much that would increase the price at the pump, I would rely on estimates of how much fuel a tanker truck can carry, how many miles per gallon the truck gets, and the average distance from refinery to gas station -- which I am too lazy to try to look up.
- FrojoS 7y agoThe energy required to extract the oil from the ground (especially in case of fracking and oil sands) and the refining into gasoline is much larger than what is needed for transporting the gasoline to the pump.