At a gas station in Hilversum, motorists mainly focused on the conflict in the region, not on the expected increase in gasoline prices. “The impact we have here is not as bad as the impact the people there have, which is a thousand times worse,” says Raymond. Lenie also sympathizes: “I think it’s terrible what’s happening there, really terrible.”
The war in the Middle East has resulted in the Strait of Hormuz, the strait between Iran and Oman, being virtually closed. Many ships are now anchored there due to the increased safety risk. About a fifth of the world’s oil normally moves through this strait.
