One year ago, the average price for gas in the greater Seattle area was about $3.32 per gallon. Right now, according to AAA, it will cost you $4.73 per gallon on average, which is the highest ever recorded for the region.So why are we seeing these big jumps in gas prices?
“We’re kind of at their mercy, even though we get a minuscule amount of fuel from Russia,” she added. “We are at the whim of the market.”As for how high the prices could get in the coming weeks and months, Just says that’s hard to predict. While Just says she wouldn’t be surprised to see prices go higher, she couldn’t make a prediction on how high it will go since it’s based on unpredictable world markets.“I do want to say, historically, when gas prices go up that doesn’t tend to stop people form taking road trips altogether,” Just noted.
As long as we as a society refuse renewables then we have no right to bitch about oil prices. Just stop it.