Iran war drives $100 billion in extra energy costs for U.S. consumers - Axios

That $100 billion national total is still climbing, at roughly $1 million every two minutes as of Monday morning. For people here in Lubbock, where long drives are just part of daily life and West Texas distances make fuel costs a constant line item, that kind of sustained price pressure hits differently than it does in a city with transit options.

The Brown University tracker flags diesel as a particular concern. While most of the $760 average household cost so far has come from gasoline, the diesel burden is rising faster, and diesel touches nearly everything people buy. Freight costs go up, and that gets passed along at every store from the South Plains Mall to the grocery chains on 50th Street.

Energy inflation doesn't stay at the pump. It spreads through shipping, food prices, and the cost of any business that moves goods by truck. In a regional hub like Lubbock, that covers a lot of ground.

The United States has spent more on higher energy prices since February 28 than the entire annual GDP of many small countries.