Affected by local turmoil, international oil prices continued to fluctuate, hitting a record high for several days.
Light crude futures for April delivery reportedly closed at $115.68 a barrel, the highest level since September 2008.
At the opening of the Asian market on the 7th, the U.S. and Bubbly crude oil futures rose by more than 10%, of which Brent crude oil futures rose more than $135 / barrel, and WTI crude oil futures broke through $130 / barrel.
In addition, data released by the American Automobile Association on the 6th showed that the average gasoline price in the United States rose to $4.009 per gallon (about 6.68 yuan / liter) that day, the highest level since July 2008.
The data shows that gasoline prices have risen sharply by 45 percent today compared to the national average oil price of $2.76 a gallon a year ago. The national average gasoline price previously hit an all-time high of $4.114 a gallon in July 2008.
The continuous surge in U.S. oil prices has not been able to see even Musk, the CEO of Tesla, who makes electric vehicles, posted on social media: "I have to say, we need to increase oil and gas production immediately." Extraordinary measures should be taken in extraordinary times. ”
It can be seen that Musk's view is very clear, that is, the oil price is too high, and it is necessary to increase production capacity and stabilize prices.
For Musk's statement, many netizens also said that it was very unexpected, because Tesla is the global leading brand of electric vehicles, and its domestic oil prices are too high, which is also an excellent development opportunity for electric vehicles, but Musk did not say "Why buy oil trucks?" instead, he called for oil prices to be lowered.
