In the DC metro area, $3.79 9/10 is not an unusual price for Gasoline (87 octane 'regular')
In North Dakota in January, gas was $2.79 9/10.
In the meantime, the Biden Administration has unveiled schemes that make drilling on Federal Land more difficult and expensive, shut down more of Alaska (to Copper mining, too!) and performed other acts which make it more expensive to transport almost anything by air, land, or sea.
This has repercussions for the retail sector, as goods which are shipped cost more to ship, and that means the price goes up as the shipping costs are rolled into the price tag.
But what do you expect from people who don't have a clue how the world actually works?
Their only jobs have been in Government, not where the rubber meets the road.
