Who controls gas prices in the U.S.? There’s no puppeteer, just several factors that combine to pull and push on what you pay at the pump. Drivers are watching gasoline prices shoot up these days as the war in the Middle East causes severe disruptions to the region’s energy exports. In late February, right before the joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran commenced, AAA reported that the national average price of regular unleaded stood at $2.98 per gallon.  Click here for more…