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No, it's the moratorium on offshore drilling. There is demand but supply has been cut.
I did the math to convert from liters to gallons and also Euros to dollars. This is for diesel (cheaper than regular, and the car goes a lot further on one tank
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I last paid $3.09 in a Minneapolis suburb.
The answer to why gas is going up is because we've not learned anything about dropping our consumption. As long as demand is high (as it is), then it's going to be expensive to buy.
When it was last this expensive (2008), people did start trying to conserve, and then, of course, the world-wide recession also drove down demand. Prices dropped. Now, the reverse is happening.
We need to cut our demand. Drive less. Drive more fuel efficient vehicles.
. I am not convinced that mass transportation saves all that much either. Sure, in a place like Washington DC where the metro is large and established and funded through millions of tourists as well as workers, it makes financial sense. In Minneapolis, the one light rail line is very popular and well used but it still runs at a huge deficit each year (even with 60% more ridership than projected). Buses are nice as long as you stay in your office all day, never have to worry about getting a sick child home from school, etc.