Want proof Americans can’t afford gas? They’re being forced off the road.
Gasoline consumption has plummented this summer below pandemic levels and consumption is 9% lower than it was last summer as expensive gas keeps drivers from filling up.
Demand for gasoline is at a lower level now than it was in the summer of 2020. https://t.co/3jacpeaf2j pic.twitter.com/d8KLjVonnm
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) August 11, 2022
Even still, though, prices are over 65% more expensive than when Joe Biden took office, which is costing families over $150 a month by Biden’s own logic.
Americans have already spent an additional $1,500 on outrageous energy costs during Biden’s term. That’s money that’s lost forever, and money Americans couldn’t afford to lose.
But don’t expect Biden to care. The pain forcing drivers off the road was the whole point.