National gas prices have risen an average of 11 cents in one day, the most since Hurricane Katrina hit oil prices in 2005, the AAA said on Friday morning. The jump in prices from Thursday to Friday makes the national price per gallon of gas average $ 3,837.
Gas prices in California broke record levels in the state by an average of $ 5.07 a gallon, while cities like Syracuse, New York, experienced the highest prices in 10 years, and in Michigan prices rose by 39 cents in just one week.
“A Triple-A report ranks the states with the highest gas prices at the moment. As usual, California topped the list with the highest reported price of $ 5.07 per gallon, “ABC 30 reported.
And in Syracuse, the average price of gas “rose to $ 4,026 per gallon of regular fuel on Friday morning, according to the AAA,” according to Syracuse.com. That figure rose “20 cents from $ 3,808 two days ago” and “also rises 30 cents from last week, when prices averaged $ 3,720.”
As noted by the media, the rising costs are due in part to the war in Ukraine. If the United States bans Russian oil imports, gas prices will rise even more, Syracuse.com reported:
The sharp increase is largely due to Russia’s war with Ukraine; Russia is one of the world’s largest oil producers. Oil prices rose to more than $ 100 a barrel this week. CBS reports that the price of Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, approached $ 113 a barrel, its highest level since 2014, on Wednesday.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that she supported a ban on Russian oil imports to the United States, which could help President Joe Biden and global allies isolate the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, the ban could also lead to a larger increase in pump prices, which fuels Republicans’ calls to expand oil or gas drilling in the United States.
In the Midwest, spending has risen nearly 40 cents in the last week in Michigan. The Congressional Leadership Fund issued a statement blaming rising costs for democratic policies that hamper US oil production and forced the nation to rely on countries like Russia for energy.
“Gas prices are rising without signs of slowing due to failed Democrats’ policies,” CLF spokeswoman Kali Perkins said in an email.
Perkins accused Democrats like Michigan Congressman Dan Kildi.
“Every time Michigan residents go to the gas station, they are reminded that Kilda and the Democrats have done everything they can to limit American energy, and now working families are paying the price,” she added.
These policies include the abolition of the Biden administration on the Keystone XL pipeline, as well as the imposition of a moratorium on new oil and gas drilling, which has stifled US energy, the CLF said.
On Friday morning, 25 GOP governors issued a letter urging the president to alleviate the pain of the pump by making America energy independent by reopening federal oil supply lands. The letter was signed by the following Republican governors, according to local media in Wyoming:
Governors [Mark Gordon (WY)] Brad Little (ID), Kay Ivy (Alabama), Mike Dunleyvy (AK), Doug Ducey (Arizona), Asa Hutchinson (AR), Ron DeSantis (Florida), Brian Kemp (Georgia), Eric Holcomb (Indiana), Kim Reynaud (IA), Larry Hogan (MD), Tate Reeves (MS), Mike Parson (MO), Greg Gianforte (MT), Pete Ricketts (NE), Chris Sununu (NH), Doug Burgham (ND), Kevin Steam (OK) ), Henry McMaster (SC), Christy Noem (SD), Bill Lee (TN), Greg Abbott (Texas), Spencer Cox (Utah), Glenn Youngkin (Virginia) and Jim Justice (WV)
“As governors, we call on President Biden to reverse his policies and restore America’s energy independence for our citizens and our allies abroad,” the letter said. By lifting its bans on new oil and gas development in the federal states, building the Keystone XL pipeline and resuming regulatory reforms to streamline energy permits, we can protect our national energy security and sell to our friends instead of we buy from our enemies – especially Russia. Family budgets are already stretched after record inflation. “
“People in our countries cannot afford another jump at the gas station, and our allies cannot afford to be held hostage to Putin’s tyranny and aggression,” the group said.
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