It goes from the refineries in Edmonton to where ever it's going. Even if you had a refinery onsite, you need to get the crude to another province either by truck, train or pipeline. Moving it thousands of km isn't free, despite whatever passes for your economic knowledge. That's why gas is almost $4/L in New Zealand, to use an obvious outlier to illustrate the point.

Yes, BC has higher fuel taxes. But your supposition was that "If gas taxes have no impact, the price of gas would be the same in BC and Alberta." Which is utter and complete nonsense.

[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Your shipping cost example doesn't justify the varying costs of gas across the country and it far more closely is tied to gas taxes. Gas does not get more expensive just because it's further from Alberta. Regardless of your insults. Easy enough to do a tax/price per litre comparison.

[–] mbp@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tax is part of the end equation along with shipping distance, cost of living, supply/demand and a few more outliers.

Why anyone is arguing that it's for one reason or another is just missing the point

[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Tax is a cost factor, just like shipping and others. To say that removing, or increasing a gas tax doesn't affect the price ignored economics.

[–] mbp@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Glad we're on the same page, lol

[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

Funny how that works out.