Iran war: How US consumers spent an additional $100bn on fuel
- EXPLAINERThe average US household has spent $763 extra on fuel in six months, as the US-Israel war on Iran pushes up fuel costs across all 50 states.
- 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.
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- EXPLAINERThe average US household has spent $763 extra on fuel in six months, as the US-Israel war on Iran pushes up fuel costs across all 50 states.
- 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.
Sources: Al Jazeera, The Independent