The actual cost of gasoline that U.S. consumers purchase for their cars is

a. about $1 per gallon which makes it even more unfair that we are currently paying around $4 per gallon.
b. about $4 per gallon, so the current prices at the pump are right on target.
c. about $6 per gallon which is more in line with fair prices paid in European countries
d. about $14 per gallon when one considers estimated harmful environmental and health costs.
e. it was $2 per gallon until Hurricane Katrina and Deep Horizon oil spill caused increases in production costs and decreases in availability.


D

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