How did it cost the average family $3,000 extra for gas in one year? I drove 12,000 miles last year and spent less than $2,000 on gas (480 gallons @ 25mpg, $4/gal), does the average family drive 100k miles a year or am I missing something.

I suppose if you add in all the gas (and diesel/bunker fuel) that you pay for indirectly through transportation costs, you could come up with $3,000 per family.

It is more or less impossible to collude with the Saudis to raise the price of natural gas in the United States (lack of transport), so they must be talking about gasoline.