The Iran war has rattled the global flow of oil, with steeper fuel costs already straining households worldwide. And in the U.S., drivers are now facing the highest prices they’ve seen at the pump in about two and a half years.
According to motor club AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline jumped over $3.84 on Wednesday, up from $2.98 consumers were paying before the U.S. and Israel launched the war with joint attacks against Iran on Feb. 28. The last time gas prices were as expensive as they are now was in September 2023.
“It’s pretty hard. I mean, times are tough for everybody right now,” Amanda Acosta, a Louisiana resident, told The Associated Press while filling up her car’s tank this week. “I’m getting way less gas and paying way more money.”
Hahahaha - 3.84. Laughs from California (haven’t seen it that low in ages).
I mean…
That is how the concept of averages work…
I filled up at Costco in Moreno Valley for $3.50(87) a few months ago.
California is a big state
I remember a time before when we hit $5 a gallon and not in California. And $5 was worth a lot more then, so we haven’t hit a high point at all. When it starts affecting crucial transportation, that’s when we’ll feel it. For now we just whine about it and still don’t change our habits.
I paid $5.15/gal for 87 octane on my last fill up in San Diego. Good thing I shifted over to biking nearly everywhere a couple of years ago (for health/fitness reasons) and rarely drive.