Blame Anti-Fossil Fuel Crusade, Not War in Iran for Gas Prices ^77.2%

Newsmax - By Larry Bell - 4/22/2026, 8:12 PM

Confirmation Bias 42.7% - Politically Right Leaning Bias 25.8% - Framing Effect 15.6%

Actions by the United States, directed at Iran, have resulted in the temporary closure of the Strait of Hormuz in the Mideast. The Strait is a chokepoint controlling about 20% of global oil. The result appears to be, comparatively speaking, a very brief spike in gas prices in exchange for permanently curtailing a radical regime's ability... more