US households face $100.9 billion fuel bill as Iran war keeps energy prices high

Gasoline costs Americans $55 billion more Americans have spent $55 billion more on gasoline alone since the war began, an average of $422 per household. Gas prices climbed to a fresh three-month high above $4.15 a gallon on Tuesday, according to AAA. That is up from $3.20 at the same point last year and $2.98 before the war started. AAA is an US organisation that tracks and publishes daily gasoline and diesel prices. Prices are still below the post-war high of $4.56 in May and the record $5.02 a gallon reached in 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine. “We’re looking at…