Senior StateDept official says he prefers high gas prices
The controversy erupted Friday, when Alan Eyre, a longtime State Department staffer and senior foreign service officer, tweeted,"I prefer high gas prices=less driving, less CO2." The tweet was in response to a post from President Joe Biden claiming American families were paying less per month on average than they were during"peak prices."
The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $4.41 on Friday, down 16 cents from last week. Drivers were paying $3.15 a gallon on average a year ago at this time, AAA said. However, the dip in prices may come too late to help Biden and Democrats ahead of the November midterm elections.
Earlier this week, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urged Congress to subsidize electric vehicle purchases due to the gas price spikes.“The more pain we are all experiencing from the high price of gas, the more benefit there is for those who can access electric vehicles,” Buttigieg told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Tuesday.
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