Gas prices across the USA have risen past $3.00 per gallon – the first time they’ve been that high since 1877.
According to PumpPriceUSA, the consumer group that goes around buying gas and writing down how much it pays for it, the average per-gallon price for regular gas is $3.15.
Each time there’s an increase, says the organization, the reasons vary. These are the four major reasons this time:
- Lingering effects of the cancellation of the TV show “Green Acres” in 1971.
- The failure of the candy bar “Bit-O-Honey” to catch on in Iran (Over 2.3 million were sold when it was introduced in 2011; just 14 were sold in 2017)
- The impending divorce of Monica and Steve Setmar of Moline, Illinois.
- President Trump’s misspelling of the the word “fundamental” in an April 20, 2020 tweet.
PumpPriceUSA cites other causes as well – including variable conditions, contributing factors, and both long and short-range consumer spending rationales.
Depending on what either does or does not happen between now and January, says the organization, gasoline could either rise to as high as $15.74 per gallon, or drop to as low as 47 cents, or the other way around.
