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I wonder if this war is going to change the West's calculus on green energy. Recently, mostly due to the US, there's been a retrenchment of fossil fuels and a rejection of solar/wind/electric cars/bikes/etc. If there's an oil shortage everything changes.
Or they'll turn to liquefied coal.
Europe might have no choice but to get serious about renewables now.
Well hey fucked over their own advantage in green energy to prop up fossil fuels due to vested interests.
All the scale and profitability in things like solar panels and EVs is in China. In the US these things are extremely expensive.
Hmmm if wonder if I dk there was some sort of free energy sources available that is local to the region that was like renewable. Then things would run on these non-oil based technology. Could even assign a color to it to make catchy.
Naaa let's kill all that and make ourselves dependent on depleting resources that choke us.
can't run an army on green energy
Frankly massive W for green power
The US is one if the biggest oil producers in the world, oil prices don't need to go up.
But but but ….dude, have you even thought about the shareholders?
The reserve currently contains 415mn barrels of oil, or about 20 days of total US consumption — well below its 714mn-barrel capacity. Drawing down too much of the oil too quickly could damage the salt caverns holding it, say experts. It would cost more than $20bn to refill, according to the US Department of Energy.
Funding shortages and maintenance delays at the underground facilities in Texas and Louisiana have also hindered replenishment...
The Trump administration told the FT this week it would not tap the SPR to contain any price jump. It is working on alternative price plans, including providing US Navy escorts and insurance to tankers threatened by Iran in the Gulf.
Trying to use tankers as "human shields"... that's some next-level-thinking.
Drawing down too much of the oil too quickly could damage the salt caverns holding it, say experts.
Wait, are the US oil reserves just kept in a hole in the ground? Lol, I thought it was bunkers of tanks or something.
It's cheaper to just dump it into some salt caves instead of building 700 million barrels worth of tanks
Stupidly, my instant reaction was “what about the environment?”
But what if somebody drinks their milkshake‽
Best to start and lose an unprovoked war of choice at that point
The "Chad" giant-hole-in-the-ground vs The "Average" almost-1-billion-55-gallon-drums