Good point. Tapping into our strategic oil reserves is helping a little bit. Of course that, in a way, is a long-term price hike (when/if we ever replenish them). It's like taking out a loan.

OP said prices were creeping up & I only shared a reputable source showing that’s not true. OP did not say “gas prices will start creeping up for <reason x>.”

Fair, but I would like to point out that not all states share the national average prices and that at least where I live on the West Coast, gas prices were previously around $4/gallon and have crept back up to around $4.60/gallon over the last month. It appears that in certain areas that may be swing states come election that prices have remained lower.

Alright, guess we can’t agree on factuality of general statements, unqualified by any location, like “gas prices are creeping back up” on this forum any longer.

Me saying gas prices are creeping back up is a factual statement based on my location. If I said it is raining because it was raining where I'm at then that is factual, even if it isn't raining where you're located. Maybe learn to accept people conceding to some degree instead of trying to get them to admit complete fault, even when they are not completely at fault. If you can do that, then great you made a valid point as did I. Else, my point is just as valid as gas prices are creeping back up here despite here not being the same as you.

Yep, if you change what you said to be qualified by a specific location it can become an accurate observation. If I say “people are at least 6 feet tall” that’s totally wrong. “All people on the basketball court I’m looking at right now are at least 6 feet tall” is a different matter entirely. That can easily be true.

It’s pretty obvious the reason gas prices went down was because of the enormous drawdown of the strategic petroleum reserve. Post-election that will stop and it will go back up.

That’s not relevant to the factuality of the claim that prices are creeping up presently, is it?

My claim is factual. Where I live gas prices are rising back closer to $5/gallon.

Not gonna comment after this, I posted more in the other thread. This is spin by you after being called on saying something misleading.

No need to spin anything. I tried being civil and compromising about it. You apparently prefer not to be after I explained that I don't live over the entire United States.