随着美国在与伊朗的战争中柴油和天然气价格飙升，全国各地的美国人正在做出艰难的决定，因为他们继续应对沉重的通货膨胀压力。
“你必须管理好你的账单。你必须管理好你带进来的食物。你必须管理你如何支付你的账单…一切都要做预算，”47岁的母亲贝琪·罗萨多说，她与丈夫和五个孩子住在佛罗里达州的斯普林希尔。
罗萨多说，她的商学学位帮助她管理家庭财务。但对另一些人来说，预算的痛苦“可能会让人抑郁，可能会让人精神崩溃，尤其是当他们有孩子的时候。”
罗萨多说，她的孩子有严重的发育和呼吸问题，需要一周多次治疗。由于油价上涨，她不得不减少治疗次数。
“不幸的是，我们不得不转向虚拟疗法。由于我的女儿患有残疾，我们正在停止职业治疗，”她说。
根据GasBuddy的数据，截至周三，每加仑普通汽油的平均价格为4．36美元，自2月28日美国与伊朗开战以来上涨了1．42美元。
“你首先想到的是，明天会怎么样？我们要怎么度过这一关，然后关键是，我需要离开这个州吗？”罗萨多说。“你感到被卡住了……这个系统不是——它不是为我们成功而生的。”
与此同时，根据GasBuddy的数据，柴油价格创下了每加仑6．30美元的历史新高。
GasBuddy石油分析主管帕特里克·德哈恩周三告诉美国广播公司新闻，天然气和柴油价格“在许多州都出现了相当巨大的上涨”，“没有迹象表明这种情况可能会开始放缓”
“除非发生一些事情来缓和这些地缘政治紧张局势，否则价格将继续上涨，”他补充道。
感受到油泵财政压力的卡车司机和依靠柴油为农业机械提供动力的农民告诉ABC新闻，柴油价格的上涨给他们的业务和生计带来了压力。
Lewie Pugh在过去的25年中驾驶了超过200万英里，他还是业主运营商独立司机协会（OOIDA）的执行副总裁，该协会代表了近15万小型企业卡车司机。
Pugh告诉ABC新闻，柴油价格每上涨1美元，卡车司机每罐就要多花大约400美元。他补充说，有些星期需要额外支付800美元。
“卡车运输的利润率已经很低了。卡车运输没什么利润可言。我总是说这是省钱的生意，而不是赚钱的生意，”Pugh说。“因此，当你已经受到限制，并且像这样的事情发生在这个数量级时，你就不能把它作为一个机动载体来吸收。他们就是不能。不可能——他们明天就要倒闭了。”
Pugh说，卡车司机支付的更高价格被转嫁到运输产品的公司身上，导致美国人从食物到衣服的一切价格上涨。
“这在供应链和经济中产生了巨大的连锁反应，因为卡车运输和卡车司机运输了如此多的东西，”他说。
因为约翰·巴特曼是他家位于伊利诺伊州马伦戈的百年老农场的第五代农民，他告诉美国广播公司新闻，柴油价格的上涨极大地影响了他的农业生产。
“人们现在非常沮丧，”巴特曼说。
种植大豆的巴特曼说，伊利诺伊州是美国第一大大豆生产州，但柴油和化肥价格的飙升阻碍了他种植这种主要作物的能力。
“今天的柴油价格超过每加仑6美元，我们每天使用300加仑柴油。所以现在我们谈论的是每天1800美元，”她说。
此外，他说今年化肥的成本超过了每英亩120美元。
“它只是一直在增加，”他说。
巴特曼对经济状况表示遗憾，并对这将如何影响下一代农民表示担忧。
“有些人认为事情会变得更好，但我见过太多优秀的年轻农民，他们除了务农以外还有一份全职工作，他们只是决定我不能再这样做了，”巴特曼说。“我们正在失去进入这个行业的下一代。所以这是非常具有破坏性的，也是非常令人难过的。”
＇How are we gonna get through this？＇ Americans face tough decisions as diesel and gas prices rise
Asdiesel and gas prices soarin the United States amid the war with Iran， Americans across the country are making tough decisions as they continue to cope with the heavy strain of inflation．
“You have to manage your bills． You have to manage the food you bring in． You have to manage how you pay your bills … everything has to be budgeted，” said Betsy Rosado， a 47-year-old mother who lives with her husband and five of their children in Spring Hill， Florida．
Rosado said her business degree has helped her manage household finances． But for others， the budgeting agony “could bring somebody to the point of depression， and it could bring somebody to a mental collapse， especially when they have kids．”
Rosado said her toddler， who has significant developmental and respiratory issues， requires treatments multiple times a week． She has had to cut back on therapy sessions because of rising gas prices．
“We had to switch to， unfortunately， virtual therapies． And with my daughter with disabilities， we are stopping occupational therapies，” she said．
As of Wednesday， the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $4．36， according to GasBuddy， up $1．42 since the U．S． war with Iran began on Feb． 28．
“The first thing that crosses your mind is， what is it going to be tomorrow？ How are we gonna get through this， and then it＇s the point of， do I need to move out of this state？” Rosado said． “You feel stuck … the system is not – it＇s not made for us to succeed．”
Meanwhile， the cost of diesel has hit a record high at $6．30 a gallon， according to GasBuddy．
Patrick De Haan， head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy，told ABC News on Wednesdaythat “a lot of states are seeing pretty monumental jumps” in both gas and diesel prices and “there＇s really no signs of when this might start to slow down．”
“Until something happens to deescalate these geopolitical tensions， prices will keep going higher，” he added．
Truck drivers， who are feeling the financial strain at the pump， and farmers， who rely on diesel to power up agricultural machinery， told ABC News that the rise in diesel costs has put a strain on their businesses and their livelihoods．
Lewie Pugh， who has driven over 2 million miles for the past 25 years， is also the executive vice president of the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association （OOIDA）， which represents nearly 150，000 small business truckers．
Pugh told ABC News that every $1 increase in diesel prices costs truckers approximately $400 more per tank． Some weeks have cost an extra $800 to fill up， he added．
“Trucking has a very slim profit margin already． There＇s just not a lot of profit in trucking． I＇ve always said it was a penny saved business， not a penny made business，” Pugh said． “So when you＇re already constrained and something like this happens to this magnitude， you just can＇t absorb it as a motor carrier． They just can＇t． There＇s no way – they＇ll be out of business tomorrow．”
Pugh said the higher prices truckers are paying are being passed down to the companies whose products are being shipped， causing the prices of everything from food to clothes to go up for Americans．
“This has huge rippling effects in the supply chain and in the economy because trucking and truckers haul so much stuff，” he said．
For John Bartman， a fifth-generation farmer on his family’s centuries-old farm in Marengo， Illinois， told ABC News that the rising costs of diesel has vastly impacted his agricultural production．
“People are just very frustrated right now，” Bartman said．
Bartman， who grows soybeans， said Illinois is the No． 1 soybean producer in the nation， but skyrocketing prices in diesel and fertilizer have hindered his ability to grow the major crop．
“The price of diesel today is over $6 a gallon， and we use 300 gallons of diesel a day． So now we＇re talking $1，800 a day，” she said．
Additionally， he said that the cost of fertilizer was over $120 an acre this year．
“It just keeps on increasing all the time，” he said．
Bartman lamented the economic conditions and expressed concern about how this will impact the next generation of farmers．
“There＇s some people that think things are going to get better， but I＇ve seen too many good young farmers who had a full-time job besides farming， who＇ve just decided I can＇t do this anymore，” Bartman said． “We＇re losing that next generation that＇s coming into the business． So that is very destructive and very sad．”
