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« on: October 28, 2007, 10:13:11 PM »

So I was doing a big tourist trip this past week, to see the historical sites in Philly, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty in NYC, and a couple of the Smithsonian museums in D.C., and going up to NYC we stop to get gas in New Jersey.

The first thing that struck me as strange is full-service at the gas station with an attendant.

The second thing was that the gas was $2.56 per gallon, as opposed to North Carolina for example where we pump our own gas and it's $2.76 per gallon.

How does New Jersey pay the attendants' salary and workmen's comp and all that, and yet your gas is twenty cents a gallon cheaper?
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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2007, 11:25:00 PM »

New Jersey has one of the lowest gas tax rates in the country.
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« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2007, 01:29:51 PM »

It's the law in New Jersey that you can't pump your own gas.  So all stations are full-service.
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« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2007, 01:40:11 PM »

It's the law in New Jersey that you can't pump your own gas.  So all stations are full-service.

Various parts of Long Island are the same as well.
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« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2007, 01:52:11 PM »

It's the law in New Jersey that you can't pump your own gas.  So all stations are full-service.

Good economic policy is so rare in america..
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« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2007, 02:18:52 PM »

It's the law in New Jersey that you can't pump your own gas.  So all stations are full-service.

Good economic policy is so rare in america..

New Jersey and Oregon are the only two states with such a policy.

As for New Jersey's price in particular...I imagine it's mainly due to lower gas taxes.  While New Jersey has plenty of refineries, you see a big jump in prices once you immediately cross the river into PA.  (Another state with a significant number of refineries (Sunoco etc), but a higher tax).
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« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2007, 07:48:50 PM »

It's the law in New Jersey that you can't pump your own gas.  So all stations are full-service.

Good economic policy is so rare in america..

New Jersey and Oregon are the only two states with such a policy.

As for New Jersey's price in particular...I imagine it's mainly due to lower gas taxes.  While New Jersey has plenty of refineries, you see a big jump in prices once you immediately cross the river into PA.  (Another state with a significant number of refineries (Sunoco etc), but a higher tax).

The jump in prices you see when you cross the border into PA is nothing compared to the jump in prices you see when you cross the border into NY...
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« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2007, 07:53:02 PM »

It's the law in New Jersey that you can't pump your own gas.  So all stations are full-service.

Good economic policy is so rare in america..

New Jersey and Oregon are the only two states with such a policy.

As for New Jersey's price in particular...I imagine it's mainly due to lower gas taxes.  While New Jersey has plenty of refineries, you see a big jump in prices once you immediately cross the river into PA.  (Another state with a significant number of refineries (Sunoco etc), but a higher tax).

The jump in prices you see when you cross the border into PA is nothing compared to the jump in prices you see when you cross the border into NY...

NY's tax is attrocious.  Gas prices in upstate NY are at least 10 cents more than metro philly (PA side) prices.
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« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2007, 07:55:22 PM »

It's the law in New Jersey that you can't pump your own gas.  So all stations are full-service.

Good economic policy is so rare in america..

New Jersey and Oregon are the only two states with such a policy.

As for New Jersey's price in particular...I imagine it's mainly due to lower gas taxes.  While New Jersey has plenty of refineries, you see a big jump in prices once you immediately cross the river into PA.  (Another state with a significant number of refineries (Sunoco etc), but a higher tax).

The jump in prices you see when you cross the border into PA is nothing compared to the jump in prices you see when you cross the border into NY...

NY's tax is attrocious.  Gas prices in upstate NY are at least 10 cents more than metro philly (PA side) prices.

Not to mention NYC or Long Island...  The price jumps about 50 cents from North Jersey.
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« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2007, 03:02:01 AM »

It's the law in New Jersey that you can't pump your own gas.  So all stations are full-service.

Various parts of Long Island are the same as well.

Waste of a law.
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« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2007, 03:03:38 AM »

It's the law in New Jersey that you can't pump your own gas.  So all stations are full-service.

Various parts of Long Island are the same as well.

Waste of a law.

Would you deport anyone who pumped their own gas in New Jersey?  You know, since they broke the law?
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« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2007, 03:05:53 AM »

It's the law in New Jersey that you can't pump your own gas.  So all stations are full-service.

Various parts of Long Island are the same as well.

Waste of a law.

Would you deport anyone who pumped their own gas in New Jersey?  You know, since they broke the law?

You don't deport people for breaking laws - don't be stupid and troll.
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« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2007, 04:53:44 PM »

It's the law in New Jersey that you can't pump your own gas.  So all stations are full-service.

Various parts of Long Island are the same as well.

Waste of a law.

Would you deport anyone who pumped their own gas in New Jersey?  You know, since they broke the law?

You don't deport people for breaking laws - don't be stupid and troll.
You're the one with the troll reputation here.

Anyway....lowest gas taxes in the nation. Gas where I live is 2.52...... try going out to the east end of LI....it's at least a dollar more.
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« Reply #13 on: October 30, 2007, 05:34:30 PM »

New Jersey has one of the lowest gas tax rates in the country.

Mostly, though the fact that full-service stations are competing with self-service stations across the borders has also lowered prices. (In a vacuum, full-service stations would probably cost around $0.10 more than those in New Jersey, everything else being equal.)
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« Reply #14 on: October 31, 2007, 11:57:40 AM »

It's the law in New Jersey that you can't pump your own gas.  So all stations are full-service.

Various parts of Long Island are the same as well.

Waste of a law.

Would you deport anyone who pumped their own gas in New Jersey?  You know, since they broke the law?

You don't deport people for breaking laws - don't be stupid and troll.
You're the one with the troll reputation here.

Anyway....lowest gas taxes in the nation. Gas where I live is 2.52...... try going out to the east end of LI....it's at least a dollar more.

No - I'm actually not a troll - I'm just posting my true beliefs - not trying to bait anybody into a debate.
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« Reply #15 on: October 31, 2007, 02:38:02 PM »

I heard full service results in lower insurance rates which might have something to do with it (although I don't see how letting people pump their own gas is that much of hazard it'd jack up insurance costs).
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« Reply #16 on: November 02, 2007, 02:37:10 PM »

I heard full service results in lower insurance rates which might have something to do with it (although I don't see how letting people pump their own gas is that much of hazard it'd jack up insurance costs).

Situations like this wouldn't happen: Tongue

http://www.guzer.com/videos/gas_pump_tire.php
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« Reply #17 on: November 02, 2007, 07:39:01 PM »

You don't deport people for breaking laws - don't be stupid and troll.

I don't deport people for breaking laws, but maybe you do.  Your stance on illegal immigration?
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« Reply #18 on: November 02, 2007, 10:44:32 PM »

If I recall correctly, Sen. Gerry Cardinale is a perpetual supporter of ending self-serve gas, but it never goes anywhere because it has little support in the Senate, Assembly, or among the general populace.
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« Reply #19 on: November 02, 2007, 11:13:32 PM »

If I recall correctly, Sen. Gerry Cardinale is a perpetual supporter of ending self-serve gas, but it never goes anywhere because it has little support in the Senate, Assembly, or among the general populace.

Yes, Cardinale holds little rallies in Tenafly in favor of self-serve gas from time to time, actually. It's quite amusing.
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« Reply #20 on: November 02, 2007, 11:17:24 PM »

While we're b*tching about New Jersey, what the heck's up with I-95 there? It doesn't make any sense at all.
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« Reply #21 on: November 02, 2007, 11:22:07 PM »

While we're b*tching about New Jersey, what the heck's up with I-95 there? It doesn't make any sense at all.

People in Somerset County protested the Somerset Freeway until it got cancelled, so I-95 is discontiguous. They're planning to reroute I-95 via the Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension to connect.
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« Reply #22 on: November 03, 2007, 05:22:16 AM »

You don't deport people for breaking laws - don't be stupid and troll.

I don't deport people for breaking laws, but maybe you do.  Your stance on illegal immigration?

I deport people for breaking immigration laws, not just any laws.
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« Reply #23 on: November 03, 2007, 06:06:33 PM »

I deport people for breaking immigration laws, not just any laws.

But you accused me of trolling when I suggested you would deport someone for breaking the law.  Here you've just admitted that you support deporting law-breakers.
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« Reply #24 on: November 03, 2007, 06:08:32 PM »

I deport people for breaking immigration laws, not just any laws.

But you accused me of trolling when I suggested you would deport someone for breaking the law.  Here you've just admitted that you support deporting law-breakers.

Yes - the law of entering the country illegally.  That's the only law I'd deport them for breaking.
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