Donald Trump’s Iran War Just Created a Diesel Crisis That America Is Started to Figure Out How Bad It Could Get

Oil and gas industry expected surplus – but war brought shortage instead

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Donald Trump’s Iran War Just Created a Diesel Crisis That America Is Started to Figure Out How Bad It Could Get

Diesel has reached a record high and now costs almost twice what it did a year ago, with the closed Strait of Hormuz and strikes on Russian refineries tightening supply worldwide. An Atlanta food bank says the extra fuel cost alone is eating into the number of meals it can put on tables.

Washington’s Oil Wars Come Home: Diesel Crosses $6 a Gallon for the First Time

While Washington pursued and implemented decades-long campaigns (including sanctions, proxy wars, and direct military action) against Russia and Iran to weaken or collapse their governments, those policies have also produced adverse effects at home, the most visible being surging energy prices and inflationary pressure. How are the Wars Coming Along?By all measures, the proxy war …

The Diesel Shortage Hits America

With Ukrainian attacks limiting Russian refining capacity and the Persian Gulf conflict restricting exports through Hormuz and the Red Sea, a diesel shortage is imminent. While the U.S. should be able to weather this storm without issue, the poorly connected domestic distribution system will be a major source of problems. Unless the U.S. can move […]