We're a strange bunch us humans; *everything* has gone up over the years due to inflation and other supply/production costs but we want gas to be the same price (more or less) always as if by magic. I recall being quite small and mom complaining that the local Getty (I think) was more expensive that others and it was maybe $0.20 a gal.
US directly supports fossil industries to the tune of ~500billion a year, imagine what the cost would be otherwise.
Further aging myself, when I was approaching driving age, I was trying to convince my dad to buy me* a car and I think the price average in the PA area we lived was ~3k new. You can buy an admittedly better car now, but new less than 20k is tough ask. Gas prices, in that perspective, remain quite 'inexpensive'.
Me personally, I CAN'T WAIT to find out what it costs to fill my new toy!
*Dad was unmoved; no car was purchased for my use regardless of my excellent arguments of persuasion.