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Saw this year and hopefully as we continue to see kind of a new world we live in post-covid and after russia's invasion of ukraine hopefully some of the uncertainty, the instability and energy markets will cool off. >> reporter: now, the war in ukraine set off just shock waves in energy markets. we saw gas prices skyrocket above $5 a gallon for the first time ever. that crushed consumers. it raised all of these recession fears on wall street. now, thankfully as you can see on the chart gas prices have come back down to earth. $3.10 a gallon is the national average. an 18-month low which is pre...