In the recent months of the year, local gas stations have increased their prices for gas by two dollars.

The reason for this major rise is due to the U.S’s enacting a trade stop with Russia with recent events involving Ukraine. The purchases of oil are no longer available to the United States fuel line, making the usage of gasoline, publicly, a difficult one to maintain.

California’s gas prices are currently about $6.00 a gallon and higher. Yet in February, gas prices were as low as almost $4.00 a gallon.

Overall, California currently reaches the highest gas cost compared to the other 49 states. The nation wide average only reaches a little over $4.00 a gallon. Though, this may be low in comparison, this takes effect on states with lesser wage earnings.

The nation has no current outcome on the return to a nominal cost for gasoline.