Debunks the ‘Mystery’

Justin Hager attempted to explain California’s gasoline prices in part by quoting Severin Borenstein’s “Mystery Gasoline Surcharge” (“Understanding California Gas Prices,” April 7).

Of course, there is no mystery as to the high price of gasoline here in California and for the rest of the country for that matter. The simple explanation is that when demand exceeds supply the cost increases. During the last administration we were able to produce more energy than we used, eliminating our need to import energy and gasoline prices were much lower than at present. Hager would have us believe that Congress and the President have no control over the price of gasoline. I for one believe the current administration is responsible for the high cost and not because of the war in Ukraine.

Richard Jover
La Crescenta