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With this prices it is cheaper to make fuel from coal, the break even price was about 80-90 USD/barrel. And if this continues for months this will pushes wind a

by fpoling 7mo ago

With this prices it is cheaper to make fuel from coal, the break even price was about 80-90 USD/barrel. And if this continues for months this will pushes wind and solar and electrical cars making natural gas and oil much less relevant. Maybe that was the plan.

overfeed 7mo ago
> Maybe that was the plan. Whose?
Fomite 7mo ago
Nowhere in deciding to attack Iran was "maybe this will help wind, solar and electric cars."
- bdangubic 7mo ago
  plans change… :)
  - karmakurtisaani 7mo ago
    This would require there to be a plan in the first place..
    - bdangubic 7mo ago
      no plan is not a plan? :)
H8crilA 7mo ago
The Mossad and various abrahamic apocalyptic cults will finally push us into green tech. Maybe I judged them too harshly.
pickleglitch 7mo ago
> And if this continues for months this will pushes wind and solar and electrical cars making natural gas and oil much less relevant. Maybe that was the plan. This is one of the most batshit insane things I've ever read. What on Earth would make you think this?
- seanmcdirmid 7mo ago
  "Trump started the war in Iran to make green energy and EVs more desirable" is an actual conspiracy theory that is going around, although, ya, definitely an unintended consequence.
  - baq 7mo ago
    Given how the previous conspiracy theories turned out we really needed some unconfirmed ones, thanks.
    - robocat 7mo ago
      Google's memetic division (~100k employees) is A/B testing AI generated memes as part of their market manipulation (step 3: profit). The A/B tests include low-effect control memes: as null-tests or for exposing information flow. So you should get more unconfirmed theories in your social media. BTW: which Oracle do you use to confirm your conspiracies?
  - dzhiurgis 7mo ago
    High oil prices does increase demand for petrodollar, but EV adoption decreases. But I don't think revenue from petrodollar really matters much when you spend nearly $1b per day on missiles. I think real irony is that Iran keeps shipping oil to China and India. At which point US will start nabbing these tankers?
    - seanmcdirmid 7mo ago
      I don't think the US wants a war with China yet, so bombing a Chinese tanker sounds like a bad idea, but Trump isn't exactly the most stable genius, so who knows. India is right next to Iran, it would be really hard to cut off trade between them. Pakistan definitely doesn't want to get involved (being an ally of the US AND China).
      - dzhiurgis 7mo ago
bsder 7mo ago
In the US, the frackers will switch back on if it continues long enough. The Saudis have been trying very desperately to keep the price of oil below the threshold where that occurs.
SanjayMehta 7mo ago
Whose plan?

by fpoling 7mo ago

overfeed 7mo ago

> Maybe that was the plan. Whose?

Fomite 7mo ago

Nowhere in deciding to attack Iran was "maybe this will help wind, solar and electric cars."

bdangubic 7mo ago
plans change… :)
- karmakurtisaani 7mo ago
  This would require there to be a plan in the first place..
  - bdangubic 7mo ago
    no plan is not a plan? :)

H8crilA 7mo ago

The Mossad and various abrahamic apocalyptic cults will finally push us into green tech. Maybe I judged them too harshly.

pickleglitch 7mo ago

> And if this continues for months this will pushes wind and solar and electrical cars making natural gas and oil much less relevant. Maybe that was the plan. This is one of the most batshit insane things I've ever read. What on Earth would make you think this?

seanmcdirmid 7mo ago
"Trump started the war in Iran to make green energy and EVs more desirable" is an actual conspiracy theory that is going around, although, ya, definitely an unintended consequence.
- baq 7mo ago
  Given how the previous conspiracy theories turned out we really needed some unconfirmed ones, thanks.
  - robocat 7mo ago
    Google's memetic division (~100k employees) is A/B testing AI generated memes as part of their market manipulation (step 3: profit). The A/B tests include low-effect control memes: as null-tests or for exposing information flow. So you should get more unconfirmed theories in your social media. BTW: which Oracle do you use to confirm your conspiracies?
- dzhiurgis 7mo ago
  High oil prices does increase demand for petrodollar, but EV adoption decreases. But I don't think revenue from petrodollar really matters much when you spend nearly $1b per day on missiles. I think real irony is that Iran keeps shipping oil to China and India. At which point US will start nabbing these tankers?
  - seanmcdirmid 7mo ago
    I don't think the US wants a war with China yet, so bombing a Chinese tanker sounds like a bad idea, but Trump isn't exactly the most stable genius, so who knows. India is right next to Iran, it would be really hard to cut off trade between them. Pakistan definitely doesn't want to get involved (being an ally of the US AND China).
    - dzhiurgis 7mo ago

bsder 7mo ago

In the US, the frackers will switch back on if it continues long enough. The Saudis have been trying very desperately to keep the price of oil below the threshold where that occurs.

SanjayMehta 7mo ago

Whose plan?