Calculating the cost of war is an imperfect science, but economic analyses offer a sense of how fighting far away can disrupt American life.

Gasoline prices are up more than 50% since the start of the war in Iran. Can average Americans protect themselves from those higher costs?

The national average is up 53% since the war started in late February.

The average household has already paid an additional $291 for gas since the war began and could spend $1,450 by year's end.

Calculating the cost of war is an imperfect science, but economic analyses offer a sense of how fighting far away can disrupt American life.

What happens in the Strait of Hormuz does not stay in the Strait of Hormuz. The US-Iran war may be centred in the Middle East, but its economic tremors are now rattling wallets…