“Comparing the price of oil and gas in June 2008 to March 2022 shows that oil companies are “price gouging.”
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Claim dated 14 Mar 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Experts said it takes time for gas prices to respond to drops in crude oil costs, and that’s not necessarily indicative of price gouging. The numbers are also cherry-picked to suggest the difference in prices is larger.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 March 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 March 2022, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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