Cars lining up early for relief from the rising cost of gas in 2022. AFP-New Hampshire was on hand to lower gas prices for customers and educate them about how Washington's failed policies are driving the rising cost of gas over time.

New Hampshire residents frustrated with the rising cost of gas over time

Jul 12, 2022 by AFP

In New Hampshire, the cost of gas on January 20, 2021, the day President Joe Biden took office, was $2.38. A year ago it was just $2.98 per gallon.

Since then, the cost of gas in 2022 has risen steadily, hitting $4.75 earlier this month.

Residents are frustrated with the rising cost of gas over time, but for a few hours last week Granite State residents got relief when Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire traveled to two towns to cut the cost of gasoline and discuss affordable energy solutions.

Rising cost of gas over time forces older Americans to choose between fuel and groceries

At Simon’s Market in Littleton on June 30, Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire dropped the price of gas from its current level back to the pre-Biden level of $2.38 per gallon.

Simon’s Market sold more than 1,000 gallons during the Littleton event. Owner Matthew Simon noted many of his customers are on fixed incomes. He told NBC 5 News:

“A lot of people who are on fixed incomes or lower incomes, those are the people who are coming out. So we’re really excited about that…we’re really wanting to get some relief to people who need it.”

The line to fill up tanks stretched more than a mile down the road. Residents traveled from miles away to pay lower prices.

The line of cars before we started this morning in Littleton NH for the #TrueCost tour. People lined up to get some relief from crippling inflation. #PayMoreGetLess pic.twitter.com/eNhjje9Wul

— Jason Edson (@JasonSEdson) June 30, 2022

Conway resident Diane Cook drove more than an hour to fill up her tank for just $2.38 per gallon.

She told NBC 5:

“We can’t go anywhere, we can’t do anything. We have to conserve. And so this is a break for me, along with a lot of other people…“

Cook said her Social Security income has not been stretching as far with inflation. She said she has had to cut back on groceries due to the rising cost of gas over time.

Diane Cook from Conway, New Hampshire speaks to AFP-NH Grassroots Engagement Director Chris Maidment (off camera) at AFP's True Cost of Washington event in Littleton, NH. Diane was there for the discounted gas AFP was providing to give customers relief from the high cost of gas in 2022 and draw attention to how Washington's failed policies are driving inflation and high gas prices.

Littleton, New Hampshire – June 30: Diane Cook from Conway, New Hampshire drove for more than an hour to get discounted gas at AFP’s True Cost of Washington Event. “This is a break for me,” she told reporters about getting relief from the high cost of gas in 2022.

At a June 29 event in Salem, Ross Connolly, deputy state director for Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire talked to WMUR-9 News about the choices Americans are forced to make because of rising gas prices.

“People are hurting,” Connolly said. They “are having to choose between groceries and filling up their tank. … So we thought if Washington is not going to do anything to help the problem, then we can at least give an hour and a half of relief to people.”

In only 90 minutes in Salem, more than 250 drivers saved thousands of dollars on nearly 3,000 gallons of gasoline.

Trying to give Americans “a little bit of relief” from the rising cost of gas over time

Resident and mother Angelica St. Onge filled up her tank in Littleton with her two daughters. She and her youngest rejoiced when they heard the sum of the total bill, which was just $28.

So excited for this and what it stands for!! Thank you from Littleton NH and $2.38 a gallon gas! #PayMoreGetLess pic.twitter.com/WRviNQrY3w

— Angelica St. Onge (@angelica_st) June 30, 2022

“What we’re trying to do is give people a little bit of relief,” Americans for Prosperity State Director Greg Moore told NBC-5 News.

Moore also discussed how federal government overspending has contributed to inflation and the rising cost of gas over time.

In Littleton the price cut, which was paid for by Americans for Prosperity, amounted to a more than 50 percent reduction in the cost of gas in 2022.

Affordable energy solutions will lower the cost of gas over time

Customers get relief from the high cost of gas in 2022 thanks to Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire activists, who held a True Cost of Washington Tour event in Littleton, NH where they discounted the cost of gas in 2022.

Littleton, New Hampshire – June 30: Customers fill up their tanks with discounted gas at AFP’s True Cost of Washington event.

As Boston 25 News explained, the two events were part of Americans for Prosperity’s True Cost of Washington Tour, which is highlighting the federal policies that contribute to the rising cost of gas over time and alternative affordable energy solutions.

Federal lawmakers must prioritize reforms to reduce energy burdens.

Options include Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers’s (R-Washington) Strategic Production Response Act.

This bill would expand oil and gas production on federal lands and would make sure the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is not tapped by politicians whose poor policy decisions contributed to rising gas prices.