Sabri Beneshour

businesses operating in the Gulf region, saying they'll be targeted within hours.

The fuels that get us from A to B have gotten a lot more expensive.

Gas is up 36% in a month, diesel up 32%, and then there is jet fuel.

It is up more than 100%, though it did come down a hair last week.

Marketplace's Samantha Fields has more on how spiking fuel prices are affecting airlines and travelers.

$4 a gallon gas is not great.

Economists say it'll slow down economic growth this year, but most are not predicting it'll take us into a recession territory.

That is not the case elsewhere in the world.

Countries that had no role in starting or waging this war are paying a heavy price for it.

This is particularly true in Asia.

Clara Gillespie is Senior Fellow for Climate and Energy at the Council on Foreign Relations.

She joins us to talk about why.

Good morning.

The Philippines declared a national emergency a week ago.

You had news anchors in Thailand urging people to use their AC less and taking off their suit jackets on the air because they weren't running their AC.

It just sounds like the consequences are very palpable for people there in a way that we're not seeing here yet.

Why are the disruptions so much worse there?

Are there alternatives like stockpiles or could they get energy from somewhere else?

So basically, not all oil is created equally and not all countries are able to process all oil.

What about alternatives like either renewables or nuclear or other fossil fuels like coal?