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Intersection: Everything That Moves

Dismantling An Off-Ramp From High Gas Prices

Amid tension in the Middle East, the White House attacks electric vehicles

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Micheline Maynard
Jul 01, 2025
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You know that old Johnny Cash song, “I’ve Been Everywhere”?

Sometimes I feel that way when it comes to spikes in gas prices. Before I had my license, the country went through the Arab Oil Embargo, and its follow up. Prices jumped in 1991 when Iraq invaded Kuwait. They rose again around the time of the Great Recession.

And of course, they went up midway …

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