Drivers nationwide can expect the highest gas prices the country has ever recorded, with average prices surpassing $4 in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., for the first time.
The national average for gas prices has hovered around $4 for the last few weeks, with stragglers Georgia, Kansas, and Oklahoma being the last few to cross the threshold this week. [bold, links added]
Oklahoma sits at the bottom with an average of $4.01 per gallon, while gas costs $4.02 in Kansas and $4.06 in Georgia, according to AAA.
The highest-ever recorded average gas price was reached Wednesday, with a national average of $4.56.
Five states recorded averages over $5, including Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Alaska, and Hawaii.
California is the only state so far to surpass an average of $6.
The high prices are almost a 12% increase from a month ago, when the national average was $4.087, and a 50% increase from prices this time last year at $3.043, according to AAA.
President Joe Biden has vowed to address the rising gas prices, noting it is one of the top priorities of his administration in the coming months.
However, the White House is also working to address inflation, the baby formula shortage, and multiple mass shootings that are being investigated as hate crimes.
Read more at Examiner
Well, next we will have “price controls” & “gouge taxes” teed up in Congress to fight “Putin’s Price Hike” & defend against corporate GREED! Too bad this is a supply shortage that started in 2014 and if you understood ANYTHING about commodity markets you’d be doing three things: 1.) Encouraging (rather than crippling) domestic production & refining 2.) Encouraging conservation & attempting to educate the public on our energy system as a whole and 3.) STARTING a well informed, thoughtful & RATIONAL discussion about a coherent national energy policy. But alas, when you are driven by IDEOLOGY and facts just don’t matter, then you get BAD decision making…
Before elections, it will surpass $5 in every state.
Its over $6:00 here in Etna Ca and thats after Biden the Irresponsible stole the 2020 Election for the DNC and the Globalists/UN