Gas prices increased to over $3 per gallon shortly after Biden’s inauguration, beginning in June 2021. Approximately a year later, the cost of a gallon of regular gas soared to $4.929, the most expensive in the nation’s history. Fuel prices began to drop the next month but fluctuated between 2022 and 2024.

This week’s national average diesel price fell to $3.582, while the national average gasoline price fell to $3.069.