Originally Posted by Sandgrounder
Tax rate on Gas is about 35%, we also have an alleged gas shortage in this area due to refinery problems. Diesel is also in short supply.

so you'd think that if there was somelegislation to make car makers either get rid of the suv or at least significantly increase mpg that gas prices would drop, but then there's be something else manufactured to make sure prices cntinued to climb, plus tractor trailers are the real gas suckers in this country they've been getting the same milage for what seems likes forever.