Gas prices

Services like Uber and Lyft are trying to get more people to drive for them. The math isn't working out for many drivers.

Gas stations are usually separate from the big oil conglomerates whose names they carry. Owners are often individuals with some control over what you pay at their pumps — but not much.

There are a lot of variables that make predicting energy demand in 2023 difficult, including rising interest rates, inflation and potential COVID flare-ups.

You can count taxes and subsidies among the reasons.

"Crack spreads" are higher than ever. But investors aren't interested in dumping money into fossil fuel expansion.

"Gasoline prices and diesel prices are going to be very high through the summer, potentially higher than they are today," says Bloomberg's Javier Blas.

Still, many people told Gallup that they believe higher gas prices are temporary.

The war in Ukraine is forcing the U.S. to reconsider its dependence on oil.

They helped push up retail sales in March, but they're already coming back down.

It'll take more than political policy to lower prices.