Posted 4/24/2006 05:20:00 PM by Douglas

United States map, by county and gas price. Interesting for several reason. First off and most obvious, what the hell is up with the green states? Most of middle America follows the same color, more or less, till you get out West. Then it occurred to me why their gas is cheaper. They have lower fuel taxes. Sure, they have a lot fewer people and a lot less miles of road to maintain, but it surprises me that the difference of fuel price is so dramatically defined by something like the state line of Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming and Utah.

On the other side of that coin, look at the states with the highest price. You could draw a line around high gas prices in the North East around New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland. Of course Florida and California are thrown in there too. Does that surprise anyone? Lefty states where it's considered 'progressive' to think that the government knows more about what's best for its citizens and their money than they do actually tax the crap out of them when it comes to their fuel, too. Go figure. Blue state=Red gas price.

So someone please tell me why Texas isn't bright green. Blindling green.