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Iran oil revenue soars as it's the only exporter out of Hormuz
- skeletoncrew2 7mo ago[dead]
- karim79 7mo agoSo it's either checkmate or MAD. Crazy times indeed.
- jameshilliard 7mo ago> So it's either checkmate or MAD. Don't expect MAD to work the way it normally would when you're dealing with ideologies like Martyrdom/Jihad which the Islamic Regime leaders have.
- karim79 7mo agoTired old Zionist talking points to divert from the realities of the "Greater Israel Project".
- jameshilliard 7mo ago> Tired old Zionist talking points to divert from the realities of the "Greater Israel Project". Claiming the "Greater Israel Project"(which has no well defined goals and tends to only be something fringe extremists support) is somehow relevant to the Iranian nuclear weapons program and their desire to eliminate Israel[0] makes no sense. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Israel_in_Iranian_policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Israel_in_Irani...
- trhway 7mo agowhy US wouldn't block those tankers? Is there 5-dimensional chess somewhere here that i don't see? One can also wonder what money and through which banks Iran is getting for that oil - i'd find it hard to believe that Iran would accept Chinese currency and store it in Chinese banks.
- comrade1234 7mo agoThe u.s. removed sanctions on Iranian oil so that Iran can buy more weapons from china to attack the u.s. it makes no sense but that's what's going on.
- sysguest 7mo agodamn the whole operation is all-or-nothing... US just shouldn't have started this if it couldn't finish off the regime cleanly this is going to become a worldwide economic disaster: iran learnt it can 1. bully nearby gulf-nations 2. block hormuz without much retaliation, and US can't do much due to internal politics (well a lot of people don't like Trump...) so what cards do each nations have left? can US "talk" with / use threats against iran and "make it a good guy"? just talking threats can't force current regime to 'become good' -- bombing's not scary anymore even economic gifts won't work: economically, iran is not vietnam: it has huge oil reserves, and it can hold hormuz hostage -- so time and effort can't make current regime 'a friend of US' so... diplomatic chance is LONG GONE... even if biden or obama becomes the president, they can't solve this: the 'benefit of doubt' is gone so... unfortunately... the only card left for US and its allies... is ground troops... or some alternative to hormuz...
- gmerc 7mo agoremember Afghanistan? There's no "finish the regime quickly". These are religious fanatics. See Taliban.
- jurgenburgen 7mo agoThis is not religious fanaticism, it’s just a hated state apparatus trying to survive. If I was in the Iranian government making decisions I would squeeze the strait of Hormuz until Trump cries uncle because that’s the best way to survive. A bad deal will just give a short break before Israel and US strike a third time.
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- FridayoLeary 7mo ago[flagged]
- karim79 7mo agoNonsense. There's no evidence whatsoever that Iran were planning to attack neighbouring countries nor is it in their interest. This is all Israel-fabricated bullshit which goes back about four decades.
- FridayoLeary 7mo ago[flagged]
- vrganj 7mo agoHelp me make up my mind, could you link said mountain?
- CamperBob2 7mo ago"We know where they are. They're in the area around Tehran and east, west, south and north somewhat." [1] - Donald Trumpsfeld 1: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/597820 https://www.azquotes.com/quote/597820
- karim79 7mo agoI can't tell if that was posted as a joke or is serious. The Rumsfeld who also swore that Iraq had WMDs.
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- CamperBob2 7mo agoIt's a joke. With Trump and his supporters, the stupid never stops. Just today, JD Vance warned of nuclear suicide vests. [1] Somebody, please, tell me that I'm the idiot, and that I've fallen for an AI video. 1: https://xcancel.com/greatbong/status/2037275054472622381 https://xcancel.com/greatbong/status/2037275054472622381
- juliusceasar 7mo ago[flagged]
- lawgimenez 7mo agoTanker from Russia arrived here in Philippines, and it seems we will be getting oil from Russia now. Major geopolitical failure by the US.
- jazzpush2 7mo agoArt of the Deal
- simmerup 7mo ago[flagged]
- guzfip 7mo ago> Major geopolitical failure by the US. Nah, soft power is out. Bluntly, if the Philippines strays too far from US interests, they can be strangled, first economically, then militarily.
- lawgimenez 7mo agoOf course, that’s what US will do to its old allies.
- simmerup 7mo agoIf the Us keeps attacking its allies economically and militarily the petrodollar will crumble and those trillions of dollars of debt will start to be a heavy burden
- Henchman21 7mo agoSo it's all going to plan then?
- lostmsu 7mo agoIf dollar crumbles, the debt becomes lighter, no?
- simmerup 7mo ago
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- comrade1234 7mo agoTaiwan, Korea, and other Asian countries are running out of fuel and natural gas for electricity. Computer components are already about 2x their price a year ago.
- zahlman 7mo agoYes, and again this has already been repeatedly discussed in multiple recent submissions.
- comrade1234 7mo agoSome of us don't live here 24h/day.
- aaron695 7mo ago[dead]
- bdcravens 7mo agoAs long as you're concerned about guidelines: > If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it. Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead. If you flag, please don't also comment that you did.
- mandeepj 7mo agoA good time to be reminded - solar and wind doesn’t need to be exported out of Hormuz :-)
- nine_k 7mo agoThe real problem is that some of the most important fertilizers are synthesized basically from methane. And about 25% of natural gas is exported via the Hormuz strait. This is something solar energy currently cannot tackle.
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- ZeroGravitas 7mo agoYou can do solar -> hydrolysis -> hydrogen -> ammonia-> fertilizer, rather than methane -> steam reforming -> hydrogen -> ammonia -> fertilizer. So it's technically feasible. Not quite there in terms of cost and scale but if the alternative is a blockade then probably worth investing in. Ironically some of the best locations for production are in the middle east.
- Gibbon1 7mo agoYou can run the numbers the cost isn't that bad to do it that way. I think South Africa gets most of its diesel from the Fischer–Tropsch process. You could use electrolytic hydrogen as an input for that. About 40% of the energy in gasoline is from hydrogen burning. It's not great but it would allow you to run current vehicles off about 40% solar energy.
- dzhiurgis 7mo agoBest part you can probably miniaturize entire process into panel itself and 5 panels per hectare would be enough...
- euroderf 7mo agoI'd like to see a turnkey synfuels plant for home/business use. Making methane or (better?) hydrocarbons. "Just add solar panels." Anyone got a WAG about how much it would cost.
- karim79 7mo agoNetanyahu will let the whole world burn in a trash fire before getting to the point where he will need to face his corruption charges. He's a narcissistic and genocidal former furniture salesman. Human life is extremely cheap for him. There are really not enough arrest warrants on his disgusting person.
- wilt6269 7mo ago[flagged]
- crikeykangaroo 7mo agoImagine defending Netanyahu. Pathetic.
- karim79 7mo agoLooks like your first post! First day at work? Not doing well now with your total karma at -2. Fucking puppet.
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- karim79 7mo agoI would encourage anyone reading this thread to expand the greyed-out comments. There's honestly something really sinister going on here which goes way beyond opinion. There's also some sort of branching strategy happening to cut off points which criticise the wanted fugitive Bibi Netanyahu. The genocidal former furniture salesman who will kill anyone and everyone to avoid his corruption charges.
- CommanderData 7mo agoEveryone person in the world is suffering right now and is financially worse off because of Bibi. In the UK at least, the media is working overtime to blur the blame elsewhere.
- kubb 7mo agoThere was a post about astroturfing a while ago. One theory is that the talking points are seeded by a set of paid supporters on platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Reddit. These people live in low income countries and can use LLM + broad directional instructions to mass produce comments in support of the regime. The talking points that are successful are then reinforced by genuine regime admirers, enter the canon and spread. There’s no verification mechanism for bad or wrong ideas, since we’re in a post truth society. The goal is to uphold the regime. The system trying to be stable and defend itself from the fallout of its actions. The actions are actually guided by an ideology plus personal interests, so they can’t be optimal.
- alsetmusic 7mo agoThe Israeli military has a division to shape public opinion on social media. https://zeteo.com/p/israel-documentary-social-media https://zeteo.com/p/israel-documentary-social-media https://studies.aljazeera.net/en/analyses/digital-occupation-pixelated-propaganda-censored-platforms-and-battle-narrative-gaza https://studies.aljazeera.net/en/analyses/digital-occupation...
- jameshilliard 7mo ago> https://studies.aljazeera.net/en/analyses/digital-occupation-pixelated-propaganda-censored-platforms-and-battle-narrative-gaza https://studies.aljazeera.net/en/analyses/digital-occupation... I'm not sure citing a Qatari propaganda site with a well documented history of employing members of terrorist organizations as "journalists" is helping make your point.
- 4gotunameagain 7mo agoGood for them. Defending their country from an unprovoked invasion. The hypocrisy of the west is astounding. I hope this is creates a breach between US / Israel relationships. Israel has become pure evil.
- fakedang 7mo agoIsrael always was, at least for the last 2 decades. We all (including me) were just too blind and stupid to see through it. If you want to form an opinion around Israel, I would've suggested, in better times, visiting the Red Crescent center in Doha accommodating and treating Gazan women and children.
- mcv 7mo agoLots of people did see it, but politicians were way too tied up with Israel to allow even the slightest criticism. I hope that's finally going to change now, because Israel really needs to be reined in. (Iran too, the US too, and Russia too.)
- rayiner 7mo ago[flagged]
- 4gotunameagain 7mo agoYes, and Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, I know. Shalom.
- rayiner 7mo agoDid the Biden administration cook up an assassination attempt to provide Trump a pretext for invading Iran? Maybe, but Iran has a track record of provocations like that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombings Iraq had no similar track record of attacking the U.S.
- mcv 7mo agoTrump wants to attack Iran and ends up helping them more than ever. And Russia can also sell more oil at a higher price now. Great job. He went in without a goal, plan or exist strategy, and it really looks like he'll end up strengthening Iran. At least I hope that Russia's support for Iran and Ukraine's support for the Gulf states, ends up finally driving a wedge between Putin and Trump. But in every other respect, he's just strengthening authoritarian regimes.
- tutorialmanager 7mo agoWe want to have a strong Iran, but with a friendly and peaceful leadership. We could easily take out Iran’s oil infrastructure, but it’s important for that to survive for the next generation of Iran. It seems crazy that Iran is still loading oil and selling it right now, but the goal is not to destroy Iran. A revolution is needed and hopefully it will come soon.
- fc417fc802 7mo agoYou left out what would happen after we so easily took out their oil infrastructure. Iran would in turn hit all the other oil infrastructure in the region that they could reach. It would be an unmitigated disaster for the global economy. It's no different than suggesting that we could easily take out the major military installations of a nuclear power in a first strike. Sure, but what happens next?
- kelipso 7mo ago> We want to have a strong Iran, but with a friendly and peaceful leadership. It’s incredibly naive to believe this kind of obvious propaganda.
- mcv 7mo agoYeah, but surely you can see that this is completely the wrong way to accomplish that. Attacking a country is more likely to unite people behind its leadership. The US has tried this kind of regime change-though-bombing before, and it never works. The only case where it sort-of worked was Iraq, and that was only after a decade of chaos, destablising the entire world, and the creation of ISIS.