Americans have spent an extra $24 billion on gas in just two months thanks to rising prices from Trump's Iran war [View all]
Source: The Independent
The Iran war is costing consumers billions of dollars at the gas pump.
Americans have spent $23.9 billion more on gas, year-on-year, since March 1 because of the Iran war’s impact on U.S. fuel prices, Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis at tracking site GasBuddy, posted Tuesday on X.
The astronomical added cost breaks down to $6,462 a second and $23.3 million every hour, DeHaan noted.
It’s the equivalent of paying for 1.2 billion hours of daycare; the combined budget for the National Science Foundation, Small Business Administration, and the Department of State; and just $1 billion shy of U.S. costs for the war so far.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/us/money/gas-prices-cost-billions-iran-war-b2970755.html
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