Gas prices doubled in my area (Southern California) for a short period of time a few months ago. Some of our gas stations were just a few cents short of $7. The

Gas prices doubled in my area (Southern California) for a short period of time a few months ago. Some of our gas stations were just a few cents short of $7. They have now down a bit (in the $5 - $6 range), but at one point it did get to double. I don't have any receipts to give you the exact dates and prices though. I would say that you can't just look at average prices for the US. Look at the California version of that chart [1]. July 2021 to July 2022 is an increase of about 38%. If you look at June to June it is 50%. While not double, it is quite a bit more than 30%. Depending on the area the person quite possibly did recently experience double the price like I did. [1] https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=EMM_EPM0_PTE_SCA_DPG&f=M https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=E...