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US- and Greek-owned tankers ablaze after Iran claims 'underwater drone' strike

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Post by ericmay »

christkv wrote: post #32
dizlexic wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Depends, I just want to point out that the US is a net exporter of Oil. They also secured oil imports from Venezuela while at the same time in 2 strokes seriously hurt Chinese oil imports. If the goal was to hurt China / BRICS and kneecap Iran it seems on point. It's always hard to predict how the USA will vote when "war" is happening.

They don’t need Venezuela look up Guyana next door its the new oil country in the region

What makes you think that if this was the case that the US wouldn’t also take action there to secure those oil exports?

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Post by bluegatty »

bilekas wrote: post #28

It was my understanding the the tankers could not be insured or it was prohibitively high cost without the margin cost covered and therefore could not pass through. https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news... Either way for sure this will cause further backlog. And for what.

some of them were not in the straights just near.

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Post by yxhuvud »

chinathrow wrote: post #25
yxhuvud wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm actually somewhat surprised Iran is openly telling us they are using underwater drones for this. That piece of technological advance has gone mostly under the radar (!) so far.

> That piece of technological advance has gone mostly under the radar (!) so far The Ukraine would like to have a word.

The drones that are mainly used there are the flying kind.

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Post by lesuorac »

hereme888 wrote: post #22

The US will make a LOT of money from selling their oil at premium. https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2032091651422720197 *Edit: Now I understand that some companies may make more money, but the economy overall may suffer. *Seems like I hit a nerve with stereotypical people groups.

Unsure if this is sarcasm or not.

Plus gas is largely immune to sales tax and we don't really tax corporations so this will largely lead to no revenue for the US and instead just record profits for Exxon.

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Post by bilekas »

dizlexic wrote: post #23
VK-pro wrote: post #7

One of the self-owns of all time. Triggering a global supply chain crisis right before midterms is bottom of the barrel strategy. But then again, who expects competency from any recent American administration, most especially this one?

Depends, I just want to point out that the US is a net exporter of Oil. They also secured oil imports from Venezuela while at the same time in 2 strokes seriously hurt Chinese oil imports. If the goal was to hurt China / BRICS and kneecap Iran it seems on point. It's always hard to predict how the USA will vote when "war" is happening.

> They also secured oil imports from Venezuela while at the same time in 2 strokes seriously hurt Chinese oil imports.

This 'Venezuelan oil' is a pipe dream for the moment. It will take a significant amount of years to get anywhere near completed.

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Post by simonw »

chinathrow wrote: post #25
yxhuvud wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm actually somewhat surprised Iran is openly telling us they are using underwater drones for this. That piece of technological advance has gone mostly under the radar (!) so far.

> That piece of technological advance has gone mostly under the radar (!) so far The Ukraine would like to have a word.

Underwater drones, not drones in general.

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Post by Frieren »

dizlexic wrote: post #23
VK-pro wrote: post #7

One of the self-owns of all time. Triggering a global supply chain crisis right before midterms is bottom of the barrel strategy. But then again, who expects competency from any recent American administration, most especially this one?

Depends, I just want to point out that the US is a net exporter of Oil. They also secured oil imports from Venezuela while at the same time in 2 strokes seriously hurt Chinese oil imports. If the goal was to hurt China / BRICS and kneecap Iran it seems on point. It's always hard to predict how the USA will vote when "war" is happening.

> in 2 strokes seriously hurt Chinese oil imports.

USA, Europe, and many other countries depend on China for manufacturing. I doubt that this is going to solve inflation.

But it will fill the pockets of a few people in oil rich countries that can still export.

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