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Old 06-07-2022, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by jimjamuser View Post
Reducing the DEMAND for oil should push the price of oil (and gasoline) down. Making the US less dependent on Middle East and Russian oil.
Except the supply of oil was also reduced as the world was waking up from covid pushing up demand.

As a result lack of supply as well as US govt telling the world oil producers that gasoline had no future pushed up pricing