{"id":1018595,"date":"2021-11-16T07:29:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T12:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1018595"},"modified":"2021-11-16T07:29:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T12:29:28","slug":"california-gas-prices-continue-to-hit-new-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-gas-prices-continue-to-hit-new-records\/","title":{"rendered":"California Gas Prices Continue To Hit New Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-gas-prices-continue-to-hit-new-records%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1018595&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Gas prices continue to rise in California, exceeding costs last witnessed nearly a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of October, the Daily Wire reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=CA\">average gas prices<\/a> in California reached $4.59 per gallon \u2014 a drastic increase from $3.18 seen at the same time last year. In the span of three weeks, however, prices have again risen to $4.68.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/14\/energy\/california-gas-prices-beat-record\/index.html\">CNN Business<\/a> commented:<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s price for regular unleaded was six-tenths of a cent higher than the Sunday average reported by AAA, which broke the all-time record of $4.671 previously set in October 2012. America\u2019s largest state by population has the highest gas prices in the country\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Prices are pushing $5 in some areas, including Northern California\u2019s Humboldt County, where the average price was $4.97 Monday. The Bay Area has surged to more than $4.85. Doug Shupe, a spokesperson for AAA, said that although Californians are used to paying more for gas, the price has been much higher lately.<\/p>\n<p>Rising gas prices \u2014 which are contributing to President Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/msm-poll-biden-approval-in-competitive-states-hits-low-30s-gop-in-historically-strong-position-for-2022\">diminishing<\/a> approval ratings \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/eleven-senate-dems-call-on-biden-to-take-action-on-soaring-gas-prices\">prompted<\/a> eleven Senate Democrats to urge executive action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our home states, high gasoline prices have placed an undue burden on families and small businesses trying to make ends meet, and have proven especially burdensome as our constituents continue to recover from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d wrote the lawmakers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of these pressing concerns, we ask that you consider all tools available at your disposal to lower U.S. gasoline prices. This includes a release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and a ban on crude oil exports. We hope you will consider these tools and others to make gasoline more affordable for all Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite concern within the ranks of his own party, President Biden is reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-admin-weighing-shutting-down-oil-pipeline-in-michigan-as-gas-prices-skyrocket-across-u-s-report\">considering<\/a> a shutdown of an oil pipeline in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRevoking the permits for the [Line 5] pipeline that delivers oil from western Canada across Wisconsin, the Great Lakes and Michigan and into Ontario, would please environmentalists who have urged the White House to block fossil fuel infrastructure, but it would aggravate a rift with Canada and could exacerbate a spike in energy prices that Republicans are already using as a political weapon,\u201d Politico Pro <a href=\"https:\/\/subscriber.politicopro.com\/ARTICLE\/2021\/11\/WHITE-HOUSE-WEIGHS-EFFECTS-OF-SHUTTING-MICHIGAN-OIL-PIPELINE-2094614\">reported<\/a>. \u201cKilling a pipeline while U.S. gasoline prices are the highest in years could be political poison for Biden, who has seen his approval rating crash in recent months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, President Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-on-how-to-fix-soaring-gas-prices-i-must-tell-you-i-dont-have-a-near-term-answer\">said<\/a> during a CNN town hall event that he did not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas prices continue to rise in California, exceeding costs last witnessed nearly a decade ago.At the end of October, the Daily Wire reported that average gas prices in California reached $4.59 per gallon \u2014 a drastic increase from $3.18 seen at the same time last year. In the span of three weeks, however, prices have again risen to $4.68.\u00a0CNN Business commented:Monday\u2019s price for regular unleaded was six-tenths of a cent higher than the Sunday average reported by AAA, which broke the all-time record of $4.671 previously set in October 2012. America\u2019s largest state by population has the highest gas prices in the country\u2026Prices are pushing $5 in some areas, including Northern California\u2019s Humboldt County, where the average price was $4.97 Monday. The Bay Area has surged to more than $4.85. Doug Shupe, a spokesperson for AAA, said that although Californians are used to paying more for gas, the price has been much higher lately.Rising gas prices \u2014 which are contributing to President Biden\u2019s diminishing approval ratings \u2014 prompted eleven Senate Democrats to urge executive action.\u201cIn our home states, high gasoline prices have placed an undue burden on families and small businesses trying to make ends meet, and have proven especially burdensome as our constituents continue to recover from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d wrote the lawmakers.\u00a0\u201cIn light of these pressing concerns, we ask that you consider all tools available at your disposal to lower U.S. gasoline prices. This includes a release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and a ban on crude oil exports. We hope you will consider these tools and others to make gasoline more affordable for all Americans.\u201dDespite concern within the ranks of his own party, President Biden is reportedly considering a shutdown of an oil pipeline in Michigan.\u201cRevoking the permits for the [Line 5] pipeline that delivers oil from western Canada across Wisconsin, the Great Lakes and Michigan and into Ontario, would please environmentalists who have urged the White House to block fossil fuel infrastructure, but it would aggravate a rift with Canada and could exacerbate a spike in energy prices that Republicans are already using as a political weapon,\u201d Politico Pro reported. \u201cKilling a pipeline while U.S. gasoline prices are the highest in years could be political poison for Biden, who has seen his approval rating crash in recent months.\u201dLast month, President Biden said during a CNN town hall event that he did not have a \u201cnear-term answer\u201d for dealing with fuel costs.\u201cMy guess is you\u2019ll start to see gas prices come down as we get by \u2014 going into the winter \u2014 I mean, excuse me, into next year, in 2022,\u201d Biden said. \u201cI don\u2019t see anything that\u2019s going to happen in the meantime that\u2019s going to significantly reduce gas prices.\u201d\u201cI must tell you, I don\u2019t have a near-term answer,\u201d Biden later added. \u201cThere\u2019s two things I could do: I could go in the petroleum reserve and take out and probably reluce [sic] \u2014 reduce the price of gas maybe 18 cents or so a gallon. It\u2019s still going to be above three bucks. And one of the things that I refuse to have happen, because I didn\u2019t want anybody \u2014 I made a commitment: If you pass the stuff I\u2019m talking about, not \u2014 not one single penny in tax would go against anybody making less than 400 grand.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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