This is not a final solution,
as it is not clear what you want to calculate,
but shall show you how to get the values from the select tag:
function fuelCalculator() {
var input = document.getElementById('my_select');
var value = input.options[input.selectedIndex].value;
alert(value);
var total = value * 12;
alert(total);
}
Hopefully this will help you to proceed!
This does not use JQuery but plain javascript.
Below you find a good resource for learning it:
http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp[
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