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Cost of War in Iran

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The war in Iran shows us another cost of our fossil-fuel economy

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Americans unknowingly pay $5 per tank in hidden defense subsidies while facing immediate gas price spikes that push vulnerable households toward energy poverty

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Americans unknowingly pay $5 per tank in hidden defense subsidies while facing immediate gas price spikes that push vulnerable households toward energy poverty

Subject: The $5 you pay at every fill-up that never shows on your receipt

Every time you fill your tank, you're paying an extra $5 that never appears on your gas station receipt.

That's the hidden subsidy: $81 billion per year buried in the defense budget to protect global oil supplies. It works out to 28 cents per gallon that taxpayers cover without knowing it.

When conflicts erupt — like the recent Iran strikes — gas prices spike anyway. You end up paying both the hidden defense subsidy AND the crisis premium. Meanwhile, the cost of generating electricity from solar panels and wind turbines stays exactly the same, because missiles can't disrupt sunlight.

The Iraq War alone cost $3 trillion — nearly $10,000 per American. That's $10,000 per person that didn't go toward healthcare, infrastructure maintenance, or programs that could have kept energy bills affordable for struggling families.

This isn't just about environmental policy. It's about a fossil fuel dependency that creates an affordability crisis — one that hits hardest when elderly people can't afford heating bills or families have to choose between gas money and groceries.

Renewable energy offers the only path to actual energy security: fuel that's free, domestic, and can't be held hostage by geopolitical conflicts.

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