Gas And Taxes

From the American Petroleum Institute as of last year.
From the Good thru the Bad and into the Ugly read it and weep.

Alaska 26.4
Wyoming 32.4
New Jersey 32.9
South Carolina 35.2
Oklahoma 35.4
Missouri 36.0
New Mexico 36.4
Kentucky 36.9
Mississippi 37.2
Arizona 37.4
Virginia 37.7
Vermont 38.4
Texas 38.4
Louisiana 38.4
Dist. of Col. 38.4
Alabama 38.7
New Hampshire 39.0
Tennessee 39.8
Iowa 40.1
Arkansas 40.1
Minnesota 40.4
Colorado 40.4
Georgia 41.2
North Dakota 41.4
Delaware 41.4
Massachusetts 41.9
Maryland 41.9
South Dakota 42.4
Oregon 42.4
Utah 42.9
Kansas 43.4
Idaho 43.4
Nebraska 44.6
West Virginia 45.4
North Carolina 45.8
Maine 45.8

Montana 46.2
Ohio 46.4
Indiana 48.0
Rhode Island 49.4
Washington 49.4
Pennsylvania 49.5
Florida 49.8
Wisconsin 51.3
Nevada 51.9
Michigan 52.4
Connecticut 53.9
Illinois 54.6
California 60.0
Hawaii 60.1
New York 62.9
Motor Gasoline Taxes as of August 2005

This is more of the story then "winfall profits", but you will never hear it from the usual suspects.