Arab Gulf oil exports reach 7.6M bpd using ship-to-ship transfers outside the Strait of Hormuz while Iranian exports stall under blockade.
  • cloudshouter@lemmy.zipEnglish
    71·
    2 days ago

    If we had just stitched to wind/solar/battery and gone full tilt on electric cars we wouldn’t be having nearly as much trouble with all this.

    Also not letting a demented pedophile run the US.

  • Snowies@lemmy.zipEnglish
    21·
    2 days ago

    Will Iran tolerate this? Or do we think Iran is actually cool with it because now they get to save face by appearing to still posture strongly against the US while making money from their oil again?

    • couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zipEnglish
      51·
      2 days ago

      I think it’s more likely that they’re finding it difficult to target these ships at the absolute far end of the Strait in the cover of night, probably with a screen of cheaper interceptors in between

      US sources might be exaggerating how much they’re getting through so are people who think Iran can just see and hit every dark vessel hugging Oman

  • danhab99@programming.devEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    I remember reading this news article about people trying to get oil out of Iran and they were doing it by dumping it into this concrete-lined hole and the explanation was that there’s a pipe running between the hole across the border to I guess another team who receives the oil… so it looks like you’re just dumping oil into the desert.