American motorists are growing weary of paying higher gas prices again after renewed military tensions between the US and Iran stoked fears of a disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and gas prices rose to over $4 per gallon this week.
The national average for regular gasoline was $4 a gallon on July 20, according to the American Automobile Association, rising 13 cents per gallon, or 3 percent, over the past week amid the tensions in the Middle East. It is the first time the national average hit $4 since June 17, and it comes despite the June US-Iran memorandum of understanding to stop the military conflict and a 60-day negotiation period.
Sanjay Patel, 70, from Manhattan, was filling up his white Mercedes Benz SUV at a BP gas station in Brooklyn, New York when he expressed how annoyed he was at the rising price of gas. He pointed out that he was paying over $4 at the location, as it was $4.15 for regular, $4.55 for silver and $4.95 for diesel.
"I want it to go back below $4," Patel told China Daily, who blamed the rise in gas prices on the ongoing war with Iran. "Well, it's because of the war, they block the Strait of Hormuz, with all of that there's no supply. I think all of the world is suffering because everywhere it is high. But America has enough oil, but they are not really distributing it to the public.
