Here are some interesting numbers provided by the US Energy Administration.

Especially for all those "Haters" of "Big Oil" companies.

•Crude oil -- 69%
•Finding the crude oil
•Getting the crude oil out of the ground
•Transporting the crude oil to the refinery
•Maintaining a reserve capacity of crude oil
•Profit

•Refining the crude oil into gasoline -- 6%
•Producing special blends of gasoline to meet local clean air government regulations
•Transporting the gasoline to the gas station
•Profit

•Selling the gasoline at a station -- 10%
•Operational costs
•Marketing costs
•Profit

•Taxes, federal and state -- 15%

It appears that those Evil oil companies are making a 6% profit for doing all the work, while our Government is making 15% for doing nothing at all.

Doug