Thanks to the endless war in Iran that Max Miller has continuously voted to support, gas prices are rising like never before. In Ohio, gas is now averaging $4.17 a gallon, a 25-cent hike from just a week ago.
 Reminder: Miller’s war of choice is overwhelmingly unpopular: almost two-thirds of Americans think it “has not been worthwhile.”
DCCC Spokesperson Riya Vashi:
“Ohioans keep having to shell out at the pump because Max Miller keeps voting to send prices skyrocketing. Time and time again, Miller has proven that he’d rather bend the knee to his party than lift a finger for Ohioans.”
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WHIO TV 7: ‘It rose so fast;’ August gas prices reach record highs in Ohio as crude oil costs climb
- This August is the most expensive August on record, according to AAA.
- They said that the average price per gallon of regular gas in Ohio is $4.17.
- As reported on News Center 7 Daybreak, uncertainty along the Strait of Hormuz is driving crude oil prices higher, pushing prices at the pump up, said AAA.
- Tyler Mobley with JT’s Tree Services LLC from Xenia said the spike in gas prices was unexpected, stating that they burn about 300 gallons of diesel a day.
- “It rose so fast. We’re scheduling for three weeks, four weeks out, five, six weeks sometimes. We couldn’t even absorb that cost into our quotes,” said Mobley.
- Last week, the price per gallon of gas was averaging $3.91 for regular gas in Ohio.
- Jared Pincin, economics professor at Cedarville University, said that airlines are one of the hardest hit.
- “A ticket that they sold a month ago or two ago might not be the same price as what they’d want to charge now because their input costs have gone up,” said Pincin.
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