US President Joe Biden. File photoMOSCOW, May 16The US leadership is facing a new «energy nightmare» due to rising gas prices in the country, which threatens to further increase inflation, according to a Politico article. high gasoline prices, another «headache» in the energy sector has appeared — rising gas prices, the publication writes.In the United States, it was not ruled out that the worst energy crisis in 50 years has come in the country. So, this week the price of gasoline in the country broke a new record — $ 4.40 per gallon (about 76 rubles per liter — ed.). But the cost of another critical fossil fuel, natural gas, has also risen to its highest level in more than a decade, pushing up the cost of everything from home heating and cooking to fertilizer, chemicals and wholesale electricity, Politico said. .Natural gas prices in the United States have more than doubled, and despite the fact that this will not be so noticeable to consumers, the growth in the cost of «blue fuel» will contribute to an increase in inflation. As the newspaper writes, the increase in gas prices is due to such factors , as the preservation of demand, which is usually falling in the spring due to frosts in some regions and extreme heat in others, as well as the emergence of the United States as the main gas exporter in the world. Thus, the Biden administration assessed gas exports as a useful «geopolitical tool», but this means that American consumers have to compete with foreign buyers for supplies from their own companies. At the same time, the White House, which tried to counteract the rise in gasoline prices with a massive release of oil from strategic reserves, has little leverage to change the situation with the increase in gas prices, Politico concludes. Biden on March 8 announced a ban on Russian energy imports, gasoline prices rose to records. The head of the American administration connects the rise in prices with the events around Ukraine, this position is criticized by former US President Donald Trump, who points out that the price began to rise long before what was happening. The sanctions pressure on Russia because of Ukraine has already turned into economic problems for the United States and Europe, causing serious rising fuel and food prices. According to the US Department of Labor, by the end of March, their cost increased by 8.5 percent in annual terms. Growth was the highest since December 1981.
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