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5. All it will take is the sinking of a couple of tankers in the strait

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Sun Jun 22, 2025, 01:30 PM

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Tankers will stay in port. Insurance rates, already high, will skyrocket. It won't take too much.

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Breaking: Iran closes Strait of Hormuz [View all] spanone Sunday OP

They've never been able to pull that off. That'll just encourage TACO. marble falls Sunday #1

Doesn't matter if they pull it off all the way. Bohunk68 Sunday #2

They've never pulled it off when they've tried before. The last time they tried, they lost half of their Navy above ... marble falls Monday #49

we shall see. spanone Sunday #3

Seriously. If Iran thinks they can hold off the USN at Hormuz, they are preparing to go to paradise ... marble falls Monday #56

This is the first level of retaliation Keepthesoulalive Sunday #4

How bout that putin bootlicker we've got in Moscow wolfie001 Sunday #29

And very effective one. Martin68 Sunday #40

All it will take is the sinking of a couple of tankers in the strait JPK Sunday #5

Bingo. roamer65 Sunday #6

I heard that 50 tankers were scrambling to get out of the Strait this morning. kentuck Sunday #10

It will be a nervous ride for them. roamer65 Sunday #14

In theory, we can keep the strait open. Just like the Bab el-Mandeb strait but most ships bypass it and sail around progree Sunday #16

i read yesterday that closing the strait would up oil to $130/barrel. Native Sunday #23

Most shipping has been diverted from there anyway, experts say we may see oil go up by $5 a barrel. nt ImNotGod Sunday #28

Oil from the ME accounts for less then 10% of oil imported by the US Kaleva Sunday #7

It's all about the spot price of oil. roamer65 Sunday #8

Which would mean greater domestic production Kaleva Sunday #9

Depends on the oil itself. roamer65 Sunday #11

Fracked shale oil is about as light and sweet as it comes FBaggins Sunday #35

Strait. roamer65 Sunday #48

The oil companies will sell this domestic oil wherever it's most profitable. hunter Sunday #17

This is the bottom line Red Mountain Sunday #19

we don't refine our oil Sailingdiver Sunday #18

The US refines a lot of things from oil from all sorts of sources Red Mountain Sunday #22

And yet gas prices will raise more than 10% ck4829 Sunday #30

Prices are not regional iemanja Sunday #33

Even less than that FBaggins Sunday #37

I'll rewrite my post to make it more clear Kaleva Sunday #44

All I can find is the parliament "endorsed" FormerOstrich Sunday #12

Probably not yet. roamer65 Sunday #13

Waiting for final approval kkmarie Sunday #15

The vote by the Iranian Parliament is the first step. Someone is already interfering with GPS in the Strait LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #20

Oh, Butterflylady Sunday #26

Shit. While I don't think the closure will last all that long Warpy Sunday #21

On the plus side for Russia, the price of oil is going to shoot back up. They just got lucky I suppose.... OnDoutside Monday #50

This message was self-deleted by its author spanone Sunday #24

This will mainly hurt European countries, Butterflylady Sunday #25

The vote is not binding because the final decision rests with Iran's supreme national security council. nt ImNotGod Sunday #27

At least they consult the legislature iemanja Sunday #34

I'm sure glad I retired and got the Mazda Mirage 41 mpg wolfie001 Sunday #31

Just the threat sends oil prices higher which will anger Americans. OrlandoDem2 Sunday #32

We are winning! twodogsbarking Sunday #36

' there will be so much winning that you will get sick of winning ' Jack Valentino Monday #51

Charlie Sheen said the same thing, different drugs though. twodogsbarking Monday #52

This is just another reason I am glad to be retired. Prof. Toru Tanaka Sunday #38

Who will GOP blame when oil prices increase? IronLionZion Sunday #39

Joe Biden or Barack Obama. spanone Sunday #42

Oh yeah, they are already blaming Obama for being soft on Iran IronLionZion Sunday #46

Nobody could have predicted that! bluedigger Sunday #41

I'm at Costco now. markodochartaigh Sunday #43

Maybe the EV and clean energy Beachnutt Sunday #45

Heckuva job Trumpy Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sunday #47

This is Trump's War! Emile Monday #53

Interesting... Mike Nelson Monday #54

Doubt purple_haze Monday #55

Because of Dumb As a Rock, Krasnov. Joinfortmill Monday #57