# @dailycal on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DW2YvTKDSFA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63148557-dailycal-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-08T00:00:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Daily Californian (@dailycal) — https://gondola.cc/dailycal

## Caption

As the Strait of Hormuz remains closed due to the Iran War — halting nearly 20% of the world’s oil supply — average gas prices in the U.S. have soared to more than $4 a gallon.

The average gas price in California is now $5.929 per gallon. In the Bay Area, some areas have even surpassed $6. Because of this, campus senior Thomas Files has switched to taking BART whenever possible, as his almost daily 46-mile round commute from San Ramon to campus is no longer financially sustainable.

“At the beginning of the semester, it would be $37 for a full tank, and I would pay that maybe once a week for about nine gallons,” Files said. “But recently, I filled up my tank and it was $55 for the same nine gallons.”

Read more through the link in bio.

✍️: Phoebe Vo
📸: James Bitner
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#ucberkeley #dailycal #berkeley #straitofhormuz #iran #bart

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