Posted 11/8/2016 21:27 (#5626348 - in reply to #5625300) Subject: RE: costs since I was a kid
West Texas
That was added when the federal tax was put on fuel. $0.174 in gas and 23.4 on diesel. The stations didn't want to add .004 and raising it to the next full penny would be bad PR so they raised it to .009 and it has remained there forever.