![[OC] I built an interactive calculator showing how a Strait of Hormuz closure impacts your grocery prices; select your country, scenario, and spending](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/qq8a6er58gmg1-1024x554.png "[OC] I built an interactive calculator showing how a Strait of Hormuz closure impacts your grocery prices; select your country, scenario, and spending")
With US-Israel strikes on Iran and vessel traffic through the Strait is down 70% today, I wanted to visualize what this actually means for normal people's wallets.
Select:
- Escalation scenario (Partial / Significant / Full closure)
- Your country (10 countries including UAE, Saudi, Japan, China, US, UK, India)
- Duration of disruption
- Your monthly fuel and grocery spend
It calculates your personal dollar impact in real time based on historical oil shock correlations and EIA/IEA/World Bank data.
Customize it here:
Posted by –Flowy–
2 Comments
how do you calculate this
Absurdly off topic, but what was your design stack for this? I really like the components and layout, is it custom or something like shadcdn?