On average yes, that’s why it’s a bad example. There are many excellent examples of things that can be used to show the massive cost of living issue, wage stagnation, etc. it’s just petrol isn’t a great one.
Everyone. That’s what “the price is lower” means. Don’t paint me as someone who doesn’t understand wage stagnation or cost of living crisis, I fully understand and am on board with those issues. My point is simply that petrol is a bad example the way OP used it.