On Fri, 27 May 2005 09:04:31 -0400, Larry W4CSC
wrote:


Diesel taxes (SC + Fed at stations) - $.393 same increase coming soon....
Gas tax at marinas, even though your boat won't go down the interstate, is
the same as gas tax at the stations. Diesel fuel at the marina is $0....so
why does diesel cost so MUCH MORE at the marina with 40c less tax on it??

Greed....

One local marine fuel dock claims that if they were a land gas
station, the fuel company would shut them down because they don't sell
enough fuel - they certainly don't sell enough to get any sort of
"quantity discount".

That station mainly serves pleasure craft - a big sale may be 100
gallons, a typical sailboat will buy 10 gallons - if I go into
Vancouver Harbour, I can get diesel for 20 cents/litre less, at a fuel
barge that serves the harbour tugs and other large consumers. Last
time I was there, a tug had just taken on 7,000 gallons! (the barge
may sell that sort of quantity several times a day!)


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