National average hit $4.02, according to AAA data, capping an extraordinary rise from $2.98 just a month ago
Average US fuel prices have crossed $4 a gallon for the first time in four years, piling pressure on drivers as Donald Trump’s war on Iran continues to boost oil markets.
The nationwide average climbed to almost $4.02 on Tuesday, according to AAA data, capping an extraordinary rise from $2.98 just a month ago. The fuel price last reached this high in August 2022.
On the west coast, many drivers filling up cars and trucks are grappling with prices far higher than the US average. In California, the average is $5.89 a gallon; in Washington state, the average is $5.35.
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I take back what I said in 2020. Turns out the president can control gas prices. Bombing an oil-significant country does that effectively.
Lots of people can make prices go up. It’s much harder to bring them down.
Lots of people can make prices go up.
Let’s find some that can do that for wages and we’ll have a real wizard on our hands!!
Think about this for one second. The fact that people have to spend an extra dollar per gallon of gas and it is that impactful to their finances should be the bigger story. How fucked are most people they can’t absorb an extra $50 or so per month for gas increases?
It’s not the gas prices, it’s how strapped the American people are. That’s the story.
The bigger story is that modern western societies still require most people to regularly interact with gasoline or diesel. If you think about it, regularly purchasing and burning toxic, polluting fossil juice just to get around is super fucked up.
Anything to bleed out the poor people who finally made money with the upturn of the economy last year. The goal is to bankrupt us for life and I’m not joking. People here really must be stupid or pussies if they don’t see that as a direct threat to their safety and lively hood.
What is this, 2002 again?
Headlines:
“Hey we attacked the Middle East again TOTALLY FOR MORAL REASONS against the dictator our intelligence agencies propped up in like the 80’s!”
“Pain at the pump. More at 11.”
Trump “I did that!” sticker makers love this
I have been saying, where the heck are those?! First he comes for your groceries, then the gas.
So what exactly are Republicans selling?
The economy? No.
Consumer prices? No.
Employment figures. No.
Avoiding war (Trump specific). No.
Tax cuts? Not in my case. Your experience may vary.
Always shocking how low American gas prices are, Im in the “oil rich” part of Canada and $4/gal would be extremely cheap gas here.
Its because taxes on gas, the united states has really low taxes on gas, in Canada you pay about 1.20 in taxes per gallon while in the united states it’s about 30-50 cents a gallon.
MAGAs who can barely afford to drive to work: “It’s the least we can do to help Daddy Donald defeat Islam!”
Cucks.
Those prices are not returning to what we had before the MAGA fucknuts went ahead with their stupidity. The damaged refineries will not return to normal operations for several years. This could be a big win for the EV, renewable energy and just maybe…the USA will wake the fuck up and build a decent public transportation network with high-speed rail.
You say that, it’s a big win for Exxon and Chevron and the like. They will make sure the Renewables get the shaft.
Nearly $7 here in Washington state
And this is 100% on Donvict.
Any “i did that!” stickers are entirely appropriate in this case…get ready for buttmad donvict dead-enders…
Its around $5.50 USD/gal where I am in Canada right now. Diesel is even more.
Yo dawg we are winning so hard bro I hope we keep winning and win harder!!!
Less than half as much as we pay here.
Oh no, my enormous air-conditioned living room on wheels is costing me marginally more to drive from a place I don’t want to be to a place I don’t need to be!
