Just looked up inflation adjusted prices but including taxes. Same price as 1925. adjust for taxes and gas is cheap cheap.
Imagine how cheap it could be without governmemt interference.
But blaming the oil companies is popular here. So is the idea of not exporting oil or gas.
Here’s a list of all the states gas taxes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_States
So what does the government have to do with an immediate increase in consumer gas prices every time the oil futures rise, but a significant lag in cost adjustments when oil futures drop?