A motorist (getting 20 miles per gallon): $75 a year
The state and MTA* (to pay for GO MAINE commuter vans taking 108 people to work): $1,661 per year
Lewiston taxpayers (to run the school buses): $8,000 a year
Auburn taxpayers (to run the police departments’ vehicles): $3,160 per year
A bus company (like Northeast Charter and Tour Co., with its 12 buses): $30,000
A fruit grower (like Don Ricker at Ricker Orchards, who uses 11,300 gallons of gas a year): $1,130
A florist (like Dube Flower owner Skip Girouard): Recently added an extra $2 for every delivery
An ice cream vendor (like roving ice cream man Ken Bragg, who says he’s paying about $10 a day more a fill-up than last year): A “tips for gas please” jar and a plea for customers to buy an extra ice cream bar
*Maine Turnpike Authority
Topping off
Gallons of regular unleaded gasoline sold by prime suppliers each day in Maine, on average
1999 1.653 million
2000 1.678 million
2001 1.785 million
2002 1.887million
2003 1.889 million
2004 1.871 million
2005 (January-April) 1.745 million
Number of gas stations: 1,325
Source: Energy Information Agency
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