Why Are Gas Prices Still Going Up?
by Jim Patterson
May 05, 2022
3 minutes
Drivers in 2022 face an increasingly painful experience every time they fill up their gas tanks. National-average regular unleaded gas prices sit at $5.01 per gallon as of this writing – up 3.1% from $4.87 just a week ago, up 53% from $3.28 at the start of the year and 63% higher than the $3.04 national average a year ago.
Why are gas prices rising so much? And when will gas prices go back down again?
Let’s explore some of the drivers behind higher gas prices, then delve
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