# Why Are Gas Prices Skyrocketing This Time?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-gas-prices-skyrocketing-this-time/832425>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 12, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-gas-prices-skyrocketing-this-time/832425 "2019-04-12T02:10:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-gas-prices-skyrocketing-this-time/832425/21 "2019-04-15T14:33:55Z")

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I track car expenses in a nice phone ap. The average price per gallon for me for the last few months in California has been:  
December: $3.369  
January: $3.276  
February: $3.199  
March: $3.224  
April: $4.119

Definitely a painful rise upwards. Last year around this time I was paying $3.559/gallon.

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**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-gas-prices-skyrocketing-this-time/832425/22 "2019-04-15T15:11:09Z")

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> [@Ruken](#):
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> And I don’t know who these gasbuddy jokers are. [EIA.gov](http://EIA.gov), please.

Gasbuddy’s a app that essentially crowdsources gas prices. Basically you report the price at stations you pass, and then other app users can use the app to find the cheapest nearby gas based on those reports.

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