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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOne factor that is guaranteed to keep the price of oil higher and the resulting price of gas higher is that ....
.. Iran is now gonna be charging a fee on every ship that goes through the Strait of Hormuz.
I dont know if this is true but I heard the fee is gonna be $2 million per ship.
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Iran was not charging a fee before Trumps Epstein War.
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One factor that is guaranteed to keep the price of oil higher and the resulting price of gas higher is that .... (Original Post)
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dem4decades
(14,602 posts)1. As long a s The Trump Family gets a cut it will be all good.
VMA131Marine
(5,374 posts)2. A VLCC can hold about 2 million barrels of crude oil
So that would be a fee of $1/barrel or about 2.5 cents per gallon. Its not really anything to be worried about.
flying rabbit
(5,002 posts)3. It used to be free passage.
That's the point.
VMA131Marine
(5,374 posts)4. We have an idiot for a president
This is what happens.
flying rabbit
(5,002 posts)5. No argument from me.
Botany
(78,149 posts)6. Before Trump started this unneeded war a top U.S. Admiral called Keating or something like that told
.. Trump Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. attacked them and then Hegseth fired him.
An Idiot is too polite a word for Trump.
Johonny
(26,810 posts)7. As oil goes down, China will start refilling its
Reserve again, keeping prices up.