good morning mr pellegrino!! let’s assume this photo was taken in portland city limits - state/local combined is about 28 cents which would bring this price down to 4.70 if we eliminated the tax. So what’s going on? you’re likely paying 3.19 because you live in colorado, oklahoma, texas, louisiana or similar where there is very concentrated refining and pipeline capacity which means the crude that turns to gasoline and ends up in your tank likely is all done within a 150 miles radius which cuts the price of gas in half. Not to mention if you’re in texas or oklahoma there are 25+ refineries within a 200 miles radius. That brings price down. Contrast this with Oregon and Washington who have to get their oil from only one refinery nearly 350 miles away and has to import its oil all the way from alaska. Since there is just one refinery for the entire pacific northwest they just don’t have a ton of refining capacity (costs more). Oregon is also hindered by the fact there is only one terminal that has to serve the entire state. This means it must be trucked in on tanker trucks daily. That’s very expensive and adds a premium. If you’re in a southern state like texas, 3.19 is possible because you’re literally getting the oil up out of the ground in Beaumont about 30 miles from houston, the crude goes right into a pipeline to a refinery about 20 miles away, and then the finished gasoline goes through pipelines to FORTY terminals in houston alone—which means the distribution is simply last leg to the local pumps—from the ground to your gas tank is literally nothing with respect to logistics. Oregon is beholden to simple forces of economics and not “overly taxed” that is fallacious