white house tells fox news no decision has been made, at least not yet. they also concede the conversations are ongoing and they say they are considering a range of tools for if and when action is needed. some lawmakers, especially those on capitol hill say well, frankly the time to act is now. no doubt, prices are up. prices of gas, food, people are hurting. here is what we need to do. we need to at least release a strategic reserve and have a country bent on the oil and bring the gas prices down. and build back better actually will help the supply-chain issue. you always love the levelheaded but as for the high gas prices nationwide $3.38 in october 2021, couple of weeks ago and compared to a couple of years ago you see it was $2.72. if you think that is bad, imagine living in california. the only gas station in the community is selling regular
welcome back. data download time. a closer look at the rising gas prices. you might think of them as something that impacts every american, but if you look closely, you can see the democratings and republicans are experiencing this year s pain at the pump a bit differently. this is a real-life unintentional impact of the self-sorting that has come to define modern-american politics. it will explain why the two parties seem to be focusing on the issue with different urgency. the average gas price is up, $3.38, the highest it s been going back to 2013. so this is real what we re seeing. but people are experiencing this pain at the pump differently. check this out. this is most vehicle miles traveled per capita by state. top ten states, eight of the top ten are trump states. the only two blue states, this is the one rural state democrats still carry, new mexico, if you will, and then there s georgia.
way up, topping $85 a barrel the first time. 120% from a year ago. u.s. gasoline prices now average around 3.38 nationally for a gallon of regular. now, in days after signing a major deal for her company, the founder of spanx gave her employees a big surprise. they signed a deal with black rock. she thanked her employees by giving each of them first class tickets to anywhere in the world along with $10,000 to spend on their trip. what a gift. well, australia is pledging to achieve net zero emissions ahead of 2050 ahead of the
seven years. in new jersey the average price of a gallon now sits at $3.39, the highest level in that state in more than a decade. now president biden says prices may not fall until next year. david lee miller is at a gas station in new jersey. hi, david. reporter: hi, alicia. it s a cool, crisp fall day. the driving season is over not just here in new jersey, but for most of the country. this is the time of year when prices usually go down, but this year things are, indeed, very different. prices across the country are soaring is. according to aaa, the average price for a gallon of regular now is $3.38 nationally, and that s up 7 cents from a week ago. depending on where you live, you can expect to pay a great deal more. how much? a gas station along an isolated section of highway 1 this california was charging $7.59 a gallon for regular ask almost $8.50 for premium.
from a week ago, regular is 3.36 a gallon and depending where you live you can expect to pay a great deal more as you mentioned according to local media reports gas station in isolated highway in california was charging 7.59 a gallon for regular and almost 8 and a half dollars for premium. triple a says california leads the nation with the highest prices for gas averaging 4.54 followed by hawaii at 4.27, also on the top 5 list nevada, washington and oregon. speaking earlier this week at a town hall meeting president biden said there s no quick fix for the escalating gas prices. i can tell you, i don t have a near-term answer. there s two things i could do, i can go to petroleum and take out and reduce the price of gas, maybe 18 cents or so a gallon.