It’s depressing to think of where all of my gas money ends up. A good portion goes to put more profits into the hands of multi-national oil companies, much more to fund some regimes that don’t care for us very much, a few more cents to the refineries, some tax money to pave over more land for us to drive on … and only a smidgen goes to the local gas station owner (they earn most of their profits from convenience store purchases). This money is just flowing right out of our communities.