Hey Ryan. Hi, Bel-A. You're like 39 minutes late to work. Is everything okay? No. I had to walk 17 miles to work today because gas prices are so ridiculous. They're getting hired than my mom on a trampoline. Well, it is Earth Week, so I think it's pretty cool that you walk to work instead of driving.

Wait, so I'm not in trouble for being late?

No, of course you're not in trouble.

But you're not allowed to use screens for two hours.

What? Come on!

We need your full attention, Rye.

Because today, we're going into high gas prices and the cool tech changing our driving future.

I'm Bethany Van Delft. It's Thursday, April 21st. We're celebrating Earth Week, and this is the 10 News.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Have you heard your grown-ups talking about the high price of gas?

Why is it so high?

And does it have anything to do with Russia or President Biden?

It turns out there are several reasons why our gas prices are so high. First thing to know is that gasoline and diesel, which most cars, trucks and airplanes use,

come from crude oil that's mined from the earth.

Oil is a fossil fuel which creates carbon dioxide when it burns.

That means gasoline and diesel contribute to climate change. Back to the high price

tag. Russia produces between 9 to 10 million barrels a day of crude oil. While President Biden imposed

a ban on Russian oil imports to the U.S., it's severely more impactful in Europe and China,

who use much more Russian oil than the U.S.

and pay up to 60 times what we do for it.

Wow!

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, oil production and exports in Russia, one of the biggest oil producers on Earth, slowed down.

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