Iran war: How US consumers spent an additional $100bn on fuel
The average US household has spent $763 extra on fuel in six months, as the US-Israel war on Iran pushes up fuel costs.
US consumers have paid an additional $100bn for petrol and diesel in the six months since the US-Israel war on Iran began on February 28, according to a tracker from Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.
Across the country, the added cost works out to roughly $763 per household, based on an estimated 131 million households nationwide.
The war on Iran has been unpopular in the United States, with a majority of Americans blaming President Donald Trump for the rise in fuel prices. Trump has dismissed concerns about rising fuel prices in an interview with Reuters news agency, saying: “If they rise, they rise.” He has instead tried to shift the blame by accusing oil companies of “price gouging”.
According to the American Automobile Association, California has the nation’s highest average petrol price at $5.85 per gallon ($1.55 per litre), followed by Washington state ($5.51), Hawaii ($5.39), Alaska ($5.03) and Oregon ($5.01).