Hi r/dataisbeautiful, this is Jake from The Guardian’s audience team. We wanted to share two visualizations we published from a story about shocks in fossil fuel markets after the beginning of the US-Israel war in Iran.
Now show when US admin and officials bought/sold oil and gas stocks
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Chances are the orange clown will say after the war with Iran that the price dropped thanks to him. It just depends on your starting point. Besides, he and his clique of thugs are unsuitable!
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Hi r/dataisbeautiful, this is Jake from The Guardian’s audience team. We wanted to share two visualizations we published from a story about shocks in fossil fuel markets after the beginning of the US-Israel war in Iran.
The first chart shows a high point for oil prices on March 9 and a comedown through the data’s end date on March 10 — but [oil prices are again rising today above $100 per barrel](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/11/us-oil-iran-israel-war?referring_host=Reddit&utm_campaign=guardianacct). In the second chart, the highest average price for unleaded gasoline per gallon was yesterday on March 11.
*Sources*: *London Stock Exchange Group, AAA*
*Visualizations made with Datawrapper*
[*You can read the full story for free at this link.*](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/12/iran-war-trump-gas-price-promise?referring_host=Reddit&utm_campaign=guardianacct)
Is there any info on why oil prices seem to be dropping right now? The war is still going on.
Why aren’t we talking about the effects of sunspots or undersea volcanoes? /s
I want graphs to start at zero.
The end of civilization is near
https://preview.redd.it/x0qs4lvksmog1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fef5e226c7adde5059a89e10a039595e64f31a14
US gas prices in last 5 years, lets not lose context. Its a drop in the ocean now, and long term it will drop further.
https://preview.redd.it/xtwagic1zmog1.png?width=677&format=png&auto=webp&s=3d9324583f3f9dd6add4494a4b42391c2fb574bc
10 year for perspective
Now show when US admin and officials bought/sold oil and gas stocks
Chances are the orange clown will say after the war with Iran that the price dropped thanks to him. It just depends on your starting point. Besides, he and his clique of thugs are unsuitable!