Americans have spent an extra $8 billion in gasoline since the start of Iran war

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Americans are paying a growing premium at the pump.

Gasoline prices hovered at $3.99 per gallon on Monday, their highest level since 2022, according to AAA data. The national average at the pump has risen by more than $1 over the past month as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial oil passage, remains nearly at a standstill.

"The situation remains highly volatile and unpredictable, but upward pressure on fuel prices is likely to persist as long as global oil supplies are constrained by the continued disruption in the Strait," Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said in a note.

"Rough calculations show Americans collectively have spent ~$8 billion more on gasoline in the last month since the U.S. attacked Iran, a number that will surpass $10 billion in the days ahead," he said.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/americans-have-spent-an-extra-8-billion-in-gasoline-since-the-start-of-iran-war-150856922.html

We're getting rich!!! - Lindsey Graham.

[Blue Owl]

1. Are the mouth-breathing MAGAts even aware that there are a few big oil corporations?

And that they are profiting ten-fold at their expense?

[flvegan]

2. I drove 120 miles on the interstate yesterday

to visit family. The price of gasoline doesn't seem to be having much of an impact, at least not yet. Road was still packed with vehicles, lots of Altima/Sonata kamikaze drivers piloting their death machines at full chat, brodozers with their heavy, steamroller-esque rolling resistance tires, the usual lot in the usual numbers.

I paid just under $4/gallon here when I departed, regular unleaded.

[dem4decades]

3. Trump said that's good right? He's gone from gaslighting to gaslying.