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Gas prices rise to levels not seen in more than 3 yearsBy MEG OLIVER CBS NEWS May 13, 2018, 8:06 PM
SECAUCUS, N.J. -- You may have noticed, gas prices are on the rise and hitting levels not seen in more than three years. Gas prices nationwide are up a nickel in just the last week. That's 20 cents in the last month, according to AAA.
Drivers fueling up in New Jersey are paying just under $3 for a gallon of regular unleaded.
"It was $54.16 for 18 gallons, and I just paid $40 for 13 gallons," Damian Woo told CBS News.
In California and Hawaii, gas prices are approaching $3.70 a gallon, nearly a dollar higher than the national average.
"There are 10 states that are at $3 a gallon or above," AAA's Robert Sinclair said
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gas-prices-rise-nationwide-aaa-latest-2018-05-13/
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)But this is one situation where there is a direct correlation between Trump pulling out of the Iran deal, and gas prices spiking. The prices jumped almost immediately after he exited the deal.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)Freethinker65
(10,021 posts)And you know he will take credit when prices stabilize or go down
pwb
(11,265 posts)You have ruined the world economy again. Trump thought he was helping you all to get along? Please ignore the. United States from now on , we are governed by assholes.
JustAnotherGen
(31,823 posts)And it's no joke. I make sure to fill up a bit down the road so I don't have to buy gas in this county.
What's really sucking? We are a port state AND a refinery state. We also implemented a gas tax last year.
And for the rest of America - remember - we are a major port state. Sooner or later it's not just going to hit the pumps - it's going to hit all of the trucks running west on Routes 80 and 78 and up and down I-95.
It's only a matter of time.
Our supply chain team has pivoted and readjusted for this change and this year we are writing it off as expense (both imports and exports).
Next year - calling Mr. Otis - our prices are going up.
And yes - the owner here is a Democratic Party Member and Immigrant who hires manufacturing (more than 700 people).
Bad times indeed.
kentuck
(111,094 posts)Issues that touch the average man and woman.
marlakay
(11,465 posts)Goes up from there. Medford OR area. We are usually less than CA because of taxes but we are going way up.
Ron Green
(9,822 posts)for a behavioral change that would move us away from car-centered development and a culture based on cheap fossil fuel, but thats not gonna happen until its way too late.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)we will get to those 10 dollar a gallon prices.
We will see how much his ****ing deplorables love Dump then!
Cha
(297,220 posts)bus. Almost $4.00 here.. should that make people grumble about the pervert in the wh?
eppur_se_muova
(36,262 posts)... to change gas prices ? And how every big change in gas prices was some kind of conspiracy to help Dems win the next election ?
Well, now that 45 has the lever, suddenly that whole topic's gone away.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Now you hear silence from the right wing propaganda organs like Fox and hate radio about exploding gas prices.