Gas prices have stabilized here. At least for now.

@TheHorse (237379)
Walnut Creek, California
March 13, 2026 11:59am CST
As we all know, there is a war going on, started by the US, in the Middle East. A major crude oil shipping channel near Iran is claimed by some to be at least partially blocked, though the American President says it is not. In any case, gas at my discount station is up to $5.20/gallon, up about 20 per cent from where it was a couple of months ago. MyLotters have reported that gas prices are actually DOWN in Georgia and Florida, suggesting that the war is affecting different parts of the US differently.. To my relief, gas prices have not increased here in the past two days. My trip to Brentwood to practice music only cost me about three dollars more than it would have a couple of weeks ago. Have gas prices stabilized or dropped where you live? I fear they will continue to go higher overall.
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Jimbo45
@Ineeddentures (30878)
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14 Mar
Trump ain't telling you the truth about this war and what is happening
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (52678)
• Mojave, California
20 Mar
@Ineeddentures Do you know? I try to follow him closely and even I am confused. Outsiders are usually the first to know in situations like this. That is not a diss, just how Trump rolls.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Mar
That is understood by most (but not all) Americans.
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Jimbo45
@Ineeddentures (30878)
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20 Mar
@crossbones27 Well he keeps saying that Iran have been beaten Bit they are still flattening places in Israel with missiles and also attacking other Arab countries. Iran is not beaten and it actually looks like they are more effective than America and Israel Petrol price here today £1.49/L The day before the war started £1.29/L Iran said they would reak financial havoc They are doing so
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Anna
@LadyDuck (499964)
• Italy
14 Mar
NO! Of course NOT, it will be a lot worse before it gets better.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (499964)
• Italy
14 Mar
@TheHorse If the Big Orange starts to bomb the largest export hub for oil of Iran, we can see the price of gas double soon.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Mar
@LadyDuck Anything to distract us from his relationship with Epstein and participation in the Cabal.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Mar
That is what I fear as well.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (118532)
• United States
13 Mar
It’s $2.98 at Walmart, and $3.15 a gallon at 7-11.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Mar
Up or down from where it was before?
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Amber
@AmbiePam (118532)
• United States
13 Mar
@TheHorse Up 20 cents.
The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Mar
@AmbiePam Not too bad. That's less than 10 per cent.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (173269)
• United States
14 Mar
Gas prices jumped another 15 cents a gallon yesterday here. They're now at $3.15 a gallon.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (173269)
• United States
14 Mar
@TheHorse Gas went up another penny a gallon here. We're at $3.16 a gallon now.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Mar
@DaddyEvil We're at $5.29 now at my discount station.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Mar
That is consistent with what we are experiencing here.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (379082)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Mar
They went up and have stayed up. Who knows what will happen in the future.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Mar
My assumption is that gas prices will continue to go up for now.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (379082)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Mar
@TheHorse It's having an impact here for sure.
Anindita Sengupta
@aninditasen (18177)
• Raurkela, India
14 Mar
Gas prices in India has increased by Rs.60. There's also a crisis of cooking gas giving black marketers a chance to make easy money.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Mar
I hear black market goods are relatively common in India and the Philippines.
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Anindita Sengupta
@aninditasen (18177)
• Raurkela, India
15 Mar
@TheHorse Indian oil supplies LPG to us so the distributors have no right to black market them. The government has started taking action.
celticeagle
@celticeagle (188511)
• Boise, Idaho
13 Mar
Last I checked gas was about $3.50.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (188511)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Mar
@TheHorse .........about the same i think.
The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Mar
Up or down from where it was before?
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May2k8
@May2k8 (19764)
• Indonesia
14 Mar
as a result of the continuing war the price rose by almost half.
Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (52678)
• Mojave, California
13 Mar
How funny, Chevron always the most expensive where I live. Now its the cheapest. 4.99. I think Chevron works for Trump.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Mar
It is usually the most expensive here as well.
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Jennifer
@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
13 Mar
I'm in Georgia and it has in fact been rising here. I know a couple months ago it was down to $2.94 per gallon. Now it's up to $3.59 per gallon. =(
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Jennifer
@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
13 Mar
@TheHorse It's possible for sure! I think most states it is the same way sadly.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Mar
Another Georgia citizen gave a contradictory report. Maybe it varies by City. Here in CA, gas prices are up overall.
The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Mar
@LovingMyBabies I have read the same.
Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (55821)
• Canada
13 Mar
We are paying much more at the pumps also, but the price has levelled off for the past couple of days-much higher than it should be, and there will be more hikes, but for a couple of days they took a break from hiking it. They are warning of extra surcharges being passed on by the airlines for flights as a result of the increase. Its a shame that we cannot all just get along in this world, it isn't like there is anywhere else to live.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Mar
It appears that invading other countries is not the best economic strategy for the US.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (133855)
• Marion, Ohio
13 Mar
We haven't looked for a week so not sure what they are doing.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Mar
I'm off on another adventure soon. I'll see if things have changed further.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (220208)
• United States
14 Mar
I won't be going out until the first week in April; so I don't know what the gas prices are doing.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar
@LindaOHio Hopefully our"journalists" from those states will check in.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Mar
I am still trying to figure out why they are down in certain states. I have saved enough that Trump's antics will not hurt me that much financially.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (220208)
• United States
15 Mar
@TheHorse I don't know why they would be down in some states and not in others. Strange.
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Rimps
@Rimps85 (3125)
• India
13 Mar
there's shortage of cooking gas in our country
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The Horse
@TheHorse (237379)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Mar
I had not thought about that.