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Carbon tax? I'm not talking about pollution here. I'm talking about geopolitics. If the cost of maintaining a fleet of ships in the Persian Gulf was fully fa
by Nrsolis 14y ago
Carbon tax? I'm not talking about pollution here. I'm talking about geopolitics. If the cost of maintaining a fleet of ships in the Persian Gulf was fully factored into the cost of oil imported from the middle east, you think it's be close to the price we pay for it now?
- SilasX 14y agoWow, how much does Singapore's Persian Gulf fleet cost?
- Nrsolis 14y agoNow you're showing your naiveté. Do you think for a second that if the US wasn't out there securing the supply that the price would be where it is? SO MANY nations enjoy the umbrella of protection that is provided by the unipolar geopolitical environment we live in now.
- SilasX 14y agoYep, oil is totally non-fungible, and oil-rich nations wouldn't reap the immense profits of selling it on the massive global market without the US government specifically forcing them to.
- Nrsolis 14y agoDid you miss the part where I mentioned that oil is also a STRATEGIC resource and not just a commodity? Why else do you think we've committed our military to the purpose of securing supply?