JohnH wrote:
If you do not like the fact that ExxonMobil used part of its 9 cents per
gallon profit to compensate a retiring executive, patronize another
supplier of the company's products.

If you do not like the fact that government taxes account for 40 cents per
gallon, well, there's nothing you can do about that.

From where comes the 9 cents a gallon figure and the 49 cents a gallon
figure?

Out of his ass. He leaves off how many billions of government dollars
are either given to or spent on the behalf of the fossil fuel industry,
particularly oil. He also seems not remember that gasoline taxes are
earmarked for highways.