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These tankers aren't easily replaceable are they? As in it takes significant time to build them. Even if Trump's claims that the war will end shortly were true
by sschueller 7mo ago
These tankers aren't easily replaceable are they? As in it takes significant time to build them.
Even if Trump's claims that the war will end shortly were true. Oil prices are guaranteed not coming down if many more of these ships are sunk.
- Urahandystar 7mo agoOh yeah, The Oil crisis in the 1970's effects were felt until the mid 80's this is just starting and it isn't going to go away anytime soon.
- derektank 7mo agoRoughly 3 years. That being said, there’s thousands of carriers globally and they have maybe a 25 year lifespan, so a couple of ships becoming inoperable is largely negligible. https://public.axsmarine.com/blog/build-time-for-new-vessels-continues-rising https://public.axsmarine.com/blog/build-time-for-new-vessels...
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- bluegatty 7mo agoThere are a surplus of tankers, that's not the problem. The problem is they are halted, which causes price spikes. $120/barrel Oil will screw up the whole world.
- ElectricalUnion 7mo agoThey don't even need that many mines or bombs to start with, presence of wreckage on the shipping lanes that aren't more that 75m deep would already put all shipping at risk.
- NickC25 7mo agoAlso, the amount of oil spilling into such a small area can't be good for the environment, can't be good for local marine life (if there is any), etc....
- udkl 7mo agoFrom twitter: the cost of cleaning up the oil spill is much larger than the damage repair on the ship which drives up insurance rates
- marcosdumay 7mo agoRestarting the oil wheels that are closed now will take years already.
- morkalork 7mo agoWhy is starting so much slower than stopping?
- marcosdumay 7mo agoAFAIK, if you stop it slowly, it's quicker to restart. But stopping it suddenly breaks rock structures and makes it harder for oil to flow. So the entire thing has to be repaired.