at the pump is the highest it’s ever been? I don’t understand this disconnect. The price of crude from 2007 to 2014 was closer to $120 a barrel and now is slightly over $100 a barrel. Is the difference that the cost to refine it now is higher?
macrotrendsInteractive charts of West Texas Intermediate (WTI or NYMEX) crude oil prices per barrel back to 1946. The price of oil shown is adjusted for inflation using the headline CPI and is shown by default on a logarithmic scale. The current month is updated on an hourly basis with today's latest value.
https://www.macrotrends.net/1369/crude-oil-price-history-chart