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US consumers paying the most for fuel price spikes from Iran war, study says · GNN Daily Breaking News

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  Speaker 1: American consumers have absorbed the world's largest financial burden from
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  Speaker 1: global energy price spikes tied to ongoing military conflict with Iran,
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  Speaker 1: paying an estimated $ 160 billion in additional fuel costs since
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  Speaker 1: early March. According to a comprehensive analysis released by the
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  Speaker 1: Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air, U.S. households
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  Speaker 1: have spent an average of $ 471 more per driver due
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  Speaker 1: to rising gasoline and diesel prices compared to pre-conflict levels.
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  Speaker 1: The figures highlight how energy market volatility is hit testing
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  Speaker 1: consumer pocketbooks in the critical final week before the midterm elections.
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  Speaker 1: The Global Report, which evaluated energy price movements across 169 countries,
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  Speaker 1: found that total worldwide fuel expenditures surged by $ 468 billion
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  Speaker 1: following Middle East supply disruptions and shipping blockades in the
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  Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuz. However, the United States accounted for more
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  Speaker 1: than one-third of that global bill, vastly outpacing secondary consumer
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  Speaker 1: markets like China and Canada. Researchers attributed the disproportionate U.S.
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  Speaker 1: burden to heavy domestic reliance on private light-duty vehicles, longer
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  Speaker 1: average commuting distances, and a relatively slow transition toward electric
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  Speaker 1: transportation networks compared to European and Asian counterparts. The economic
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  Speaker 1: shock has become a central flashpoint on the campaign trail
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  Speaker 1: as national regular gasoline prices hover around $ 4. 29 per gallon,
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  Speaker 1: while residential heating fuel and diesel exceed $ 6 in cold
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  Speaker 1: climate regions. Trump administration officials have defended the elevated costs
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  Speaker 1: as a temporary sacrifice necessary to neutralize regional security threats
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  Speaker 1: and prevent nuclear proliferation, maintaining that energy markets will stabilize
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  Speaker 1: once military objectives are achieved. Conversely, Democratic surrogates and legislative
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  Speaker 1: challengers are featuring the study's findings prominently, arguing that foreign
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  Speaker 1: policy maneuvers and tariff structures have unnecessarily exacerbated domestic consumer inflation.
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  Speaker 1: With early voting nearing its conclusion across key battleground states
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  Speaker 1: like Maine, New Hampshire, Michigan, and Georgia, voters continue to
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  Speaker 1: identify cost-of-living pressures as their primary concern. Analysts note that
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  Speaker 1: high fuel and heating overhead could disproportionately impact candidate turnout
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  Speaker 1: among suburban commuters and rural households. As both political parties
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  Speaker 1: make their final appeals before the November 3rd vote, the
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  Speaker 1: political consequences of the sustained energy surge remain a dominant
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  Speaker 1: variable in determining congressional controls.