Gas Prices Explained | Understanding the price we pay at the pump.

The near constant fluctuation in gasoline prices has many consumers feeling like they’re playing a game of "The Price is Right" when filling up at the pump. Why does the price we pay change so often? Explore this complex, decades long question in episode 4 of "It’s simple. Kind of …"

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[RogerChamps]

Consumer driven. No political party has ever been about (in reality) the price at the pump. The only reason we had abnormally low prices during the pandemic was the pandemic caused less demand and the less demand caused oil.. the oil already on hand to trade at a negative price just to get rid of it. There's no storage for the quantity that was on hand at the time other than Strategic Reserves. But it's consumer driven. It doesn't matter how much is pumped. They're not going to pump more than there's demand because they can't afford to pump it at a low price. You control how much it cost. If it's a problem you shouldn't have bought something that gets 13 MPG because blaming someone else for your own consumption is just stupid. There's a reason why commuters buy vehicle's that get 20+. The rest of us who don't drive even 10, 000 miles a year don't benefit from "economy" cars.