{"id":2019584,"date":"2023-09-01T16:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T20:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-near-all-time-high-this-labor-day\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T16:19:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T20:19:07","slug":"gas-prices-near-all-time-high-this-labor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-near-all-time-high-this-labor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices at near record levels this Labor Day."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fgas-prices-near-all-time-high-this-labor-day%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=2019584&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--><h2>Gas Prices \u200dReach All-Time High Ahead\u2063 of Labor Day Weekend<\/h2>\n<p>Price tags at the pump are close to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/gas-prices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all-time high<\/a> as drivers hit\u2064 the road this Labor\u2064 Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/national-average-gas-price-surges-to-highest-level-since-obama-era\/\" title=\"National Average Gas Price Surges To Highest Level Since Obama Era\">national average price<\/a> tag for regular \u200dgas <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sat<\/a> at $3.83 a \u2062gallon as of \u2062Thursday, according to AAA, when many\u200b holiday travelers were expected to start \u200dtheir drives.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s price is just \u2063under the Labor Day record set in 2012 of $3.84 a gallon, federal data dating back \u2063to 1990 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/31\/business\/gas-prices-labor-day-weekend\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Back on Memorial Day at the end of May, \u2064the\u200c national average price\u200d for regular gas was 25\u00a2 \u2062lower at $3.58 a gallon. Just \u200cbefore the Fourth\u200d of July, when millions\u2062 of\u200d drivers traveled for \u2063the holiday, the average \u200bprice was even lower at\u2064 $3.55 a gallon.<\/p>\n<h3>Abnormal Price Surge<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThis is abnormal. Prices normally\u2063 fade towards\u200c the end of the summer,\u201d John LaForge,\u2063 head of\u200d real asset strategy at the Wells Fargo Investment Institute, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/09\/23\/politics\/fact-check-biden-gas-prices-unemployment-rate\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Several factors have contributed to\u200b rising gas prices, including \u2064OPEC countries like Saudi Arabia <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/opec-oil-prices-saudi-arabia-russia-8d70999cb8258aebc3edbfdfcae278b7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slashing<\/a> \u2062 oil production earlier this summer. The\u200c Saudis cut oil production by \u200bone million barrels per day starting in July,\u2062 which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-near-all-time-high-this-labor-day\/\" title=\"Gas prices at near record levels this Labor Day.\">caused crude \u2062oil \u2064prices<\/a> to jump.<\/p>\n<p>In some states, \u200dgas prices are\u200c even\u2063 higher than\u2063 the\u2064 national average.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven states have average prices of over \u200d$4 a gallon or more, according to AAA, including\u200b California, Illinois, Washington, and Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the Biden administration \u2064has taken credit for the occasional dip in gas prices even \u200cas prices \u200bremained \u2062high and Americans struggled to\u2064 keep up with the cost.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A\u2064 year ago in September, President Biden claimed falsely that the average\u200c gas price was down to less \u200cthan $2.99\u2063 in 41 states \u2063and the District of Columbia. In \u200dfact,\u2063 the average gas price at the time was only under $3.99, not\u200b $2.99.<\/p>\n<p>After news outlets pointed \u200cout \u200cthe error, the\u2064 White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/09\/23\/politics\/fact-check-biden-gas-prices-unemployment-rate\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">corrected<\/a> the official transcript of Biden\u2019s remarks to read the correct figure of $3.99.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/biden-dragged-touting-gas-price-drop-americans-struggle-make-ends-meet-what-planet-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called on<\/a> Biden to take responsibility when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-gas-prices-rise-following-nord-stream-2-cancellation\/\" title=\"European Gas Prices Rise Following Nord Stream 2 Cancellation\">gas prices rise<\/a>, but the administration has not been eager to do so. Some have\u2062 also pointed out that the national average\u200c gas price the day before Biden took\u200d office was $2.38 \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.aaa.com\/2021\/01\/new-year-sees-gas-prices-steadily-increase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to AAA, over a dollar \u200bless than Thursday\u2019s $3.83\u2062 average.<\/p>\n<p>With election season kicking \u200dinto\u2063 gear, gas prices will start\u2064 to\u200c feature more prominently in\u2064 the political conversation, especially the question of whether \u200cthe Biden administration plays a role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-aims-to-downplay-inflation-as-government-pushes-more-big-spending-bills\/\" title=\"Biden Aims To Downplay Inflation As Government Pushes More Big Spending Bills\">keeping prices high<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Labor\u2062 Day holiday travelers have already begun hitting the road. Thursday was expected to be the busiest day \u200don the roads for the holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p>More than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/labor-day-weekend-travel-best-times-to-hit-the-road-to-avoid-traffic\/#:~:text=The%20Pennsylvania%20Turnpike%20is%20projecting,2.5%25%20increase%20from%20last%20year.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">half<\/a> of all Americans are expected to travel for Labor Day \u200dthis year, including millions by car. Experts say \u200bhigh gas prices will \u200cnot deter holiday travelers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter how expensive gas prices\u2063 are,\u2062 when people decide to go on\u200b vacation, they just \u2064budget\u200d in the\u2063 price of gas,\u201d AAA spokesperson Andrew Gross <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/labor-day-travel-idalia-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> \u200cCBS \u2063News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re gonna take that trip,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The demand for travel\u200b is partially a result of pandemic, \u200cwith more people wanting to \u200btravel \u2062this summer now \u200bthat more COVID restrictions are lifted, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/labor-day-travel-idalia-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to analysts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Price tags at the pump are soaring as drivers embark on Labor Day weekend. AAA reports the national average for regular gas is $3.83 per gallon, close to an all-time high. Many holiday travelers are expected to begin their journeys, making Thursday&#8217;s price just below the anticipated peak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":2019585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2019584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2019584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2019585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2019584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2019584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2019584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}