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11. If the "new normal" doesn't come down, how does one explain this:
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 02:35 PM
6 hrs ago

The price of a gallon of regular was $3.095 in January 2011. In February 2019, the month before the pandemic hit, it was $2.309. In between, it moved all over the place, hitting a hiigh of $3.90 in April 2011 and a low of $1.76 in February 2016.

Seems like the market price doesn't just go in one direction. https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/leafhandler.ashx?n=pet&s=emm_epmr_pte_nus_dpg&f=m

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