{"id":8342,"date":"2022-03-04T14:16:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T21:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8342"},"modified":"2022-03-04T14:16:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T21:16:03","slug":"average-gas-price-in-san-diego-county-eclipses-5-a-gallon-for-first-time-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8342","title":{"rendered":"Average Gas Price in San Diego County Eclipses $5 A Gallon For First Time in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Sasha Reva<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who knew that after the Presidential election in 2020, gas prices would increase so much. San Diego gas prices passed $5 on average for the first time in history. California is one of the most expensive states and prices on everything keeps on growing due to inflation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=CA\">\u00a0AAA officially recorded that there was a 13 cent increase in one day in the average price in California.<\/a> The average price in California is now $5.07 per gallon. There are currently lots of reasons for gas prices and the main one is the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The national average increased by 11 cents since Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCrude prices continue to surge as the conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues to bring uncertainty to the market. To help counter the impact of rising oil prices, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has coordinated a release of 60 million bbl of crude oil from its 31 member countries\u2019 strategic reserves, including the U.S.,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/expensive-oil-pushes-pump-prices-to-new-heights\/\">from a blog post by AAA.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHowever, the pricing impact from yesterday\u2019s announcement has been limited given that the amount of oil is small in comparison to the amount of oil that flows daily from Russia around the globe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California is also one of the states that has a Cap-and-Trade program that requires big greenhouse gas emitters to offset their emissions by purchasing carbon credit. California also requires certain blends of gasoline to lessen pollution, which are more expensive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fox5sandiego.com\/news\/business\/san-diego-california-gas-prices-average-more-than-5\/\">Based on the data from Google, last week<\/a>, \u201cCostco gas price\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gasbuddy.com\/gasprices\/california\/san-diego\">\u201cGasbuddy\u201d<\/a> were among the top gasoline-related search terms that San Diego residents typed. We need to figure a way out to lower the gas prices and fix the inflation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo Cred: AP\/ USA Today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Sasha Reva Who knew that after the Presidential election in 2020, gas prices would increase so much. San Diego gas prices passed $5 on average for the first time in history. 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