{"id":1047605,"date":"2021-11-23T09:13:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T14:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1047605"},"modified":"2021-11-23T09:13:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T14:13:40","slug":"thanksgiving-travel-on-the-rise-along-with-gas-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thanksgiving-travel-on-the-rise-along-with-gas-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Travel on the Rise &#8211; Along with Gas Prices"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fthanksgiving-travel-on-the-rise-along-with-gas-prices%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=1047605&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 class=\"subheading\">Travelers hitting the road for Thanksgiving this week will notice two things on their journey: they\u2019ll have more company and gas prices&nbsp;in many states remain on the rise.<\/p>\n<p>UPI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2021\/11\/22\/gas-prices-thanksgiving-travel\/1671637614397\/\">reports<\/a> the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2021\/11\/09\/aaa-thanksgiving-holiday-travel\/8581636471939\/\">auto group projects<\/a>&nbsp;some 53.4 million people will travel for the holiday in coming days. That\u2019s an increase of 6.4 million, or 13 percent over last year when&nbsp;coronavirus&nbsp;forced many to bypass the annual family event.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The&nbsp;American Automobile Association (AAA) said about 48.3 million people will drive somewhere for Thanksgiving and 4.2 million will fly.<\/p>\n<p>Those not in the sky and on the ground however will find rising prices at the pump as they have been all year, remaining stubbornly at a seven-year high.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.045248868778\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Biden gas crisis continues. &#8220;Motorists are paying, on average, 37 percent more to fill up than the start of the year,&#8221; a AAA spokesperson said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dBTWSxiN0x\">https:\/\/t.co\/dBTWSxiN0x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1404992421977628673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, gas prices in California hit a record high,&nbsp;topping out at&nbsp;$4.682 for a gallon of regular unleaded, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California. On Monday, the&nbsp;price for a gallon&nbsp;of regular, unleaded was $4.706, accrording to UPI.<\/p>\n<p>In Florida, gas prices on Thanksgiving<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/2021\/11\/22\/thanksgiving-travel-floridas-gas-prices-jump-10-cents\/8717732002\/\">&nbsp;are predicted t<\/a>o be the highest in eight years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigh gas prices are not something drivers will be thankful for this Thanksgiving,\u201d said Mark Jenkins, spokesman for the AAA-The Auto Club Group.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18868506\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1353505893.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18868506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1353505893-1024x680-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"657\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Gasoline prices are displayed at a gas station on November 15, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. According to AAA, the average price statewide for one gallon of regular unleaded gas hit $4.68 today, an all-time record high. (Mario Tama\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden last week warned against illegal conduct from gas companies who may be charging more at at the pump than necessary,&nbsp;calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate the price surge across the United States.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke as California reported the highest average price for a gallon of regular gasoline at $4.682, breaking the record high of $4.671 from October 2012.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In&nbsp;a letter addressed to FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan, Biden warned, \u201cThe bottom line is this: Gasoline prices at the pump remain high, even though oil and gas companies\u2019 costs are declining.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The industry\u2019s lobbying association, the American Petroleum Institute, returned serve at Biden\u2019s confused messaging.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.2156133829\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden will propose a 20-year drilling ban for oil and gas in the areas in and surrounding Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, according to reports, despite soaring energy prices in the United States. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hGQxcfFjHQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/hGQxcfFjHQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1460267450151444490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Frank Macchiarola, the group\u2019s senior vice president of policy, economics and regulatory affairs, <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2021\/11\/22\/gas-prices-thanksgiving-travel\/8665123002\/\">called<\/a> Biden\u2019s push for a probe \u201ca distraction\u201d from the ongoing market shift and said \u201cill-advised government decisions\u201d are exacerbating the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than launching investigations on markets that are regulated and closely monitored on a daily basis or pleading with OPEC to increase supply,\u201d he said, \u201cwe should be encouraging the safe and responsible development of American-made oil and natural gas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All of which affirms for Biden, market forces of supply and demand simply do not heed administrative fiat.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travelers hitting the road for Thanksgiving this week will notice two things on their journey: they\u2019ll have more company and gas prices\u00a0in many states remain on the rise. 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