Gas Prices Hit All Time High Of $4.37 Per Gallon

Gas prices have surged to a new record high of $4.37 per gallon, surpassing a previous record set March 11, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA).

“With the cost of oil accounting for more than half of the pump price, more expensive oil means more expensive gasoline,” AAA spokesperson Andrew Gross said in a statement. “These prices are creeping closer to those record high levels of early March.”

As AAA explained in a new report, new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that “total domestic gasoline stocks decreased by 2.2 million bbl to 228.6 million bbl last week. However, gasoline demand increased slightly from 8.74 million b/d to 8.86 million b/d. Increasing gas demand and rising oil prices have pushed pump prices higher. Pump prices will likely face upward pressure as oil prices remain above $105 per barrel.”

As gas prices reached record highs in March, Democrat President Joe Biden warned that they were going to continue to “go up,” but he said that he “can’t do much right now. Russia’s responsible [for the rising gas prices.]”

It should be noted that gas prices rose nearly 50% during Biden’s first year in office; rising from $2.42 per gallon in January 2021 to $3.41 per gallon in January 2022 – a month before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.