Gas prices in the United States surged by nearly 50 cents per gallon in the past month alone, according to AAA, a massive increase that comes despite myriad recent efforts by the Biden administration and congressional Democrats to respond to the pain drivers are suffering at the pump.

On Monday, the cost of regular gas reached a national average of $4.596 per gallon, according to AAA, a 48-cent spike from just a month ago, when the average sat at $4.120 per gallon, and a whopping $1.55 surge from the same point last year.

The record-high gas prices come just days before the start of summer driving season in the U.S., which traditionally begins Memorial Day weekend and is expected to drive up demand even higher.

It also comes despite a flurry of recent efforts from President Joe Biden and Democrats to reassure the public that they are conscious of high prices and are taking steps to try to alleviate that pain.

To that end, Biden has called on U.S. oil and gas producers to ramp up production, announced the release of 180 million barrels of oil from the U.S. emergency stockpile, the largest one-time release since its creation in 1974, and sought to characterize the high prices as an extension of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, referring to the soaring costs on multiple occasions as “Putin’s price hike.”

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The administration also announced last month that it will resume lease sales for oil and gas on federal land, although it went to great lengths to stress the fact that it only did so because of a court order, sparking immediate criticism from some environmental groups.

The Biden team also has declined to take any of the pro-fossil fuel moves endorsed by the industry and Republicans, seeking to instead cast the prices as an extension of geopolitical factors, including the war in Ukraine.

Still, the moves have had little tangible impact on demand: A recent survey from industry data firm GasBuddy found that a whopping 58% said they still plan to go on a road trip this summer, an increase from the previous year, when per-gallon prices were much lower.

Patrick De Haan, a petroleum analyst for GasBuddy, told the Washington Examiner the 58% number represents “insatiable” demand in the days leading up to Memorial Day weekend.

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"People aren't responding to price," De Haan said.