the ukrainians, but poland is still considering it aides say there would be a lot of logistical hurdles to make that happen where do the polish jets take off from do where they land without triggering a wider war with russia? lester peter alexander at the white house, thank you. just about everyone s feeling the growing economic consequences of this war, most notably at the gas pump, as you heard. jo ling kent has that story. reporter: tonight, record breaking prices at the pump nationwide it s actually killing my budget. you feel it, but you just got to keep going. reporter: the average for a gallon of regular is now more than $4.10, surpassing a previous record in 2008 prices skyrocketing nearly 50 cents a gallon over just the last 7 days. in california, drivers spotting an eye popping $7 a gallon in los angeles. across the country the biggest jumps are in rhode island, nevada, connecticut, kentucky, and alabama.
level not seen in years. nbc s business and tech correspondent jo ling kent has the latest. reporter: record-breaking prices at the pump nationwide. it is actually killing my budget. i feel it, but you just got to keep going. the average for a gallon of regular is now more than $4.10. surpassing the previous record in 2008. prices skyrocketing, nearly 50 cents a gallon over just the last search days. and in california, drivers spotting an eye-popping $7 a gallon in los angeles. across the country, the biggest jumps are in rhode island, nevada, connecticut, kentucky, and alabama. two more weeks with this, and jump on the bus. soon it will go beyond the pump. experts warn rising gas prices will lead to more expensive plane tickets, and crude oil prices reaching levels not seen since the 2008 financial crisis. we are now in very active discussions with our european partners about banning the
report captured the invasion as part of its numbers, it didn t begin until the 24th, gas prices have been going up and up and up. they were $2.37 a gallon on inauguration day, then went by and paused new leases on the lands for gas explosion that inched up a bit, topping $3 again by the time he lifted the sanctions. it got worse from there, if you have been following along you know this is true. on the interior department ended gulf drilling, russia invaded ukraine all the way at $3.60. mr. biden asking venezuela for oil helped, the prices were at $4.10. i saw places in california that were almost at $9 a gallon if you can believe it. to top it off, economists insist things will get worse. keep in mind, the summer months are just around the corner, lots of people driving about which means a lot of pain at the pump.
situation, we started the week at 4.10 on average. end of the week triple a has this number up to 4.33. nationally. as you say there is some understanding. it seems in the polling. on this. as it relates to russia and ukraine. 71% over all support that banning of the purchase of russian oil or gas driving up the cost. you mention this one. asking folks specifically how much more would you be willing to pay at pump if it means supporting ukraine? all of these numbers here are variations of people saying they would be willing to pay more. depending, there s different categories. 63% over all say bottom line, they would be happier and willing to pay more if that means supporting ukraine. in this fight with russia. where things get complicated of course is politically it s not just the cost of fuel. it s not just the cost of gas. inflation increasing, becoming a
no exodus from those plans as a result of higher gasoline prices. in addition to prices renting a place to go. take a look at these numbers. if you want to go to the shore, 16% more for those vacation rentals, about 20% more if you want to go to the mountains. there is help on the way when it comes to gas price. take look at the latest forecast from the u.s. department of energy. despite the obstacles in their way, u.s. producers are ramping up the forecasters maybe 12 million barrels a day in 2022 on average, about only 11.2 million barrels in 2021. and i will leave you with this last possible piece of good news. that is that we re at 4:30 right now. the forecast as we get down to 4.10 in the fairly near future and diesel comes down about 50 cents cheaper than it is right now. worth noting that those two numbers if we get down that low will be the all time record just