Die regulären Benzinpreise in den USA liegen wieder bei etwa 4,50 US-Dollar pro Gallone, was den Druck für Autofahrer erhöht, da die Sommerreisesaison näher rückt.
Der jüngste Anstieg erfolgt vor dem Hintergrund erneuter Besorgnis über den Iran und die Straße von Hormus, einem wichtigen Engpass für den Öltransport. Die Preise bleiben unter dem Höchststand von 2022, als die US-Gaspreise 5 US-Dollar pro Gallone überstiegen, nachdem die russische Invasion in der Ukraine, ein knappes Angebot und eine Erholung der Nachfrage nach der Pandemie die Energiemärkte in die Höhe trieben.
Die Grafik zeigt, wie sich diese Spitzen im Zeitverlauf vergleichen, einschließlich der Großen Rezession, der COVID-Rezession, dem Ölschock 2022 und dem jüngsten Anstieg.
Für Verbraucher ist dies nicht nur eine Geschichte des Energiemarktes. Es ist eine Geschichte über die Lebenshaltungskosten.
Datenquelle: US Energy Information Administration
Verwendete Werkzeuge: AVA-Datenvisualisierung
Von sometimes-yeah-okay
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Trump out here speedrunning a new high gas price record.
„The latest increase comes amid renewed concerns around Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil transit chokepoint. Prices remain below the 2022 peak, when U.S. gas prices topped $5 per gallon after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, tight supply, and recovering post-pandemic demand pushed energy markets higher.“
You need to also mention the terrible deal Trump made with the Saudis and the Russians to cut oil production in April 2020. You can literally see the price of gas start to increase in your plot at that point.
Good example of why statistics are misleading. You’ll happily inflation adjust other graphs to make a point. We should really inflation adjust this one to give it more perspective. Not saying I like four dollar gas I’m just saying we had four dollar gas 20 years ago and it was a lot more painful then than now.
why come no adjust for inflation?
My suggestions would be to label the high water mark with a dollar amount, and to have the same legend on the right hand side as on the left when the timeline concludes.
Now overlay EU average petrol prices and maybe we can see the Americans stop whining about their absurdly cheap „gas.“
The two most recent spikes were caused by old criminals trying to build their legacies.
Be more interesting if it was inflation adjusted to current dollars.
What program do you use to make this. Flourish?
Downvoted.
The time series adds *nothing* to this. All it does is make me wait to see the entire dataset, and then when it does, only for five seconds, so if I want to look at it in its entirety again, I need to wait for the whole thing to play *again*. Adding a time axis actively detracts from how useful this is. In this case especially, the time axis isn’t even linear or consistent; it slows down near the end. Simply adding zoomed and more detailed insets would work much, much better.
I really wish people would ask themselves „What additional information does a time axis provide here?“ before actually adding it. Most of the time, they’re totally useless.
Meanwhile the Europeans are paying 2-2.5 Euros. . . per Liter.
Is this inflation adjusted?
This should really be adjusted for inflation, if we are comparing prices now with historical prices. Like this:
https://preview.redd.it/f1qbjor8bd2h1.png?width=1231&format=png&auto=webp&s=bd84d3c4258447bb2bf472e7f9666cbe2c0369ad
[US Average Gasoline Price Adjusted for Inflation](https://www.inflationtool.com/adjusted-prices/us-gasoline)
My next car will be an EV for sure
Not to get all conspiracy theoried up in here.. but I swear the US government is suppressing the prices from what they actually are.
That most expensive point is still lower than Canada’s cheapest point.
I got my first car during the 2014-2015 high period so I’ve had a very skewed idea of normal gas prices since 😅
Is this inflation adjusted. Because if it isn’t then 20 years and a 50% cost increase isn’t that bad
This looks like a temporary increase with possible ups and downs, rather than a new long-term high cycle.
Just post a damn line chart.
Also, it needs to be shown relative to the median hourly wage. 4 per gallon in 2007 was much more painful than in 2022
Wow that’s actually visualizes how crazy cheap gas has remained over the last 20 years.
With improvements in gas mileage and wage growth, its remarkably affordable to drive long distances these days in comparison with during the 08 Financial Crisis.
Nice to see the Trump administration finally taking some steps to combat climate change.
This should definitely be inflation adjusted, because people are VERY used to VERY cheap gas.
„supply fears“ 😂
Supply is f**kd