Should states that refuse to drill for oil in their own states should have higher gas tax?

than a state that does. For example your state doesn't have any oil in it your state is exempt. but if your state does have oil in it and it refuse to drill i think those states should pay a lot more in taxes than the states that do.Should states that refuse to drill for oil in their own states should have higher gas tax?
most states can,t drill for oil, so how can they be taxed for something they can,t do. we need to tax congress if they don,t allow drilling or nuclear.Should states that refuse to drill for oil in their own states should have higher gas tax?
To begin with, there aren't any states that drill for oil-companies drill for oil to make profit.The potential for such feasible oil discovery/extraction exists in precious few of our 50 United States. You seem to assume a level playing field leaves each state with the choice of yes or no. Often, it's something beyond the omnipotent power of the state that makes exploration/extraction decisions, and they seldom follow the lines on a state map.


You'll need to re-think your taxation, and base it on something other than the geography of the earth being such a determining factor.





INSTEAD, why not institute an arbitrary tax? Maybe a pro-rata on states with more than two vowels in their names?


Maybe charge more for states that eat the most bananas, per-capita? Extra charge those states that haven't produced a Supreme Court Judge!


The sky's the limit!
No.





It is is federal regulations that prevent new drilling, not the individual states.





Ultimately it is the federal government that decides if any new drilling can happen.
An import tax for Gasoline crossing state lines?


Harry Reid wants just the opposite,more taxes on the producers and the users.
No. Really lame suggestion. Instead lets have the states without oil pay a worthless tax.
States set their gas tax based on how much money they need to maintain their infrastructure.
Sure if you are in a socialist country they would. but since we live a free-market economy, they can refuse to drill and buy it anywhere else they want.