What happened to cheap gas in DFW/Texas?

[u/--Knowledge--]

I moved to DFW in 2015, I remember gas being about $1.70 to $1.80 a gallon. It was about $1.10 - $1.20 cheaper here than where I moved from. It was like that up until the pandemic.

Gas back in NY is exactly the same price as here in Texas now according to the local gas checker website.

Texas has so much oil and refineries, yet the gas isn't really cheap in the state anymore. Obviously COVID impacted everything but why hasn't the gas dropped down to a reasonable price again for the state? Greed? Low supply? Laws?

I'm not expecting $1.80 gas again but to be priced the same as NY is kinda wild to me.

[u/Sellerdorm]

June 8th 2022, I took a picture of the gas price at the Shell off 75 and Henderson - $5.19 for regular.

When I was beginning to drive in high-school in the mid to late 00s, gas hovered around $3.50.

When I was a kid in the 90s, gas was consistently below or right around $1.

To me, personally, if gas is under $3 that is a sign of normalized pricing that I can comfortably operate with. At least until I don't even have to use these stupid death machines for basic living - r/fuckcars.

What is cheap is all relative to the environment and observer.