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Seems to me that a conglomerate of oil companies could have funded a canal and reduce this risk a long time ago. Just around this choke point in global logistic
by alwayspossible 7mo ago
Seems to me that a conglomerate of oil companies could have funded a canal and reduce this risk a long time ago. Just around this choke point in global logistics.
- thatmiddleway 7mo agoI think scarcity and price spikes are a feature not a bug.
- jazzyjackson 7mo agoMy favorite conspiracy so far is the Qataris would like Iranian production to be destroyed because they drink the same milkshake Good thing the Qataris have no influence over the American president /s
- pfannkuchen 7mo agoThe Qataris wouldn’t even have to have direct influence if they more are likely to be long term friendly. I hadn’t heard this before, it would actually make a lot of sense and wouldn’t even really be a conspiracy theory just a theory (unless we consider anything multiple people in government do together to be a conspiracy).
- pibaker 7mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajar_Mountains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajar_Mountains "Just" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
- pseudohadamard 7mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare They could cover some of the costs by running selfie trips to the Wadi Jizz.
- Recurecur 7mo agoIt actually doesn’t look too bad if the canal ran on the west side of the mountains… One hopes that will be a moot point once the Islamists fall in Iran.