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Okay, if this is real, this is worse than I was expecting. I've been thinking about secondary outputs but I've been thinking way more about plastics, inks, other secondaries.
I have been worried about products shortages but maybe not enough. I am and have been assuming that there will be preferential distribution to corporations (which obviously includes most freight) and least preference given to individuals trying to do their own work themselves - e.g., like RAM over the last several months. But I haven't thought about the price side of that.
And holy shit it's gonna get fugly.
So, uh, yeah.
Maybe buy an ebike. Maybe make some plans.
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#oil #OilPrice #IranWar #fascism #economy #EpsteinWar
#Russia recently killed 24 in #Kyiv in a massive 3 day #drone and #missile wave, a strike on an apartment bldg. Russia in some demented way thinks they are making a point. To who? What is the point?
#Ukraine responds by striking Russia's huge #Ryazan #oil complex. 5% of Russia's entire refining capacity
Look at the #moral equation here
Nevermind that one strike fills Ukraine with more resolve, while the other strike diminishes Russia's ability to engage in #genocide
theguardian.com/world/2026/may…
Ukraine attacks Russia with drones after suffering three days of massive strikes
Large-scale attack on Russian regions and huge oil refinery comes after 24 were killed when missile hit flats in KyivPeter Beaumont (The Guardian)
#Trump #MafiaState #Imperialism
Cuba's oil reserves have run dry, its government said, potentially plunging the country into more debilitating #blackouts.
A long-running #EnergyCrisis in the island nation reached a breaking point this week, when government officials said they had run out of reserves.
This whole world runs on #FossilFuels, how stupid is that?
#geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis
nytimes.com/2026/05/14/world/a…
A ship anchored off the #UAE was seized & taken toward #Iran & another—a cargo ship near #Oman —sank after being
attacked, authorities said Thursday, as tensions escalated near the #StraitOfHormuz.
It wasn’t immediately clear who was behind these incidents, but they happened as a snr Iranian ofcl reiterated his country’s claim of control over the waterway & another said it had a right to seize #oil tankers connected to the #US.
#IranWar #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers
apnews.com/article/iran-us-isr…
#Senate rejects bill to halt #IranWar despite lawmakers’ growing frustrations
It was the first such vote since a deadline passed for the #Trump admin to seek #Congress’s approval to continue the military campaign.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
washingtonpost.com/national-se…
#US forces fired on & disabled 2 Iranian #oil tankers on Friday after exchanging fire with #Iran forces in the #StraitOfHormuz overnight. The #UAE, meanwhile, reported another Iranian missile & drone attack.
The attacks cast more doubt on a tenuous month-old “ceasefire” that the US has insisted is still in effect. The #Trump admin is awaiting an Iranian response to its latest proposal for a deal to end the #war, reopen the strait & roll back Iran’s #nuclear program.
#Iran Says It Is Discussing Plan With #US to End Hostilities
The one-page proposal under review would open the #StraitOfHormuz & pause the fighting for 30 days, but differences remain over US demands on Iran’s #nuclear program.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
nytimes.com/live/2026/05/07/wo…
"I've never seen anything like it before."
Oil storage tanks🚨in the United States will run empty "somewhere in the July 4 period, & in Europe:🚨"sometime in the month of May:
-Carlyle's Jeff Currie."
#IranWar #Oil #Gasoline #Austerity #TrumpRegime #Recession #Kakistocracy #Kleptocracy #USPol
bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026…
The #US #military fired on an Iranian #oil tanker Wednesday as #Trump seeks to pressure #Iran into accepting a deal to end the #war.
A fighter jet shot out the rudder of the tanker in the Gulf of Oman as it tried to breach the US #blockade of Iran’s ports, #CENTCOM posted.
The attack occurred as Iran & the US are supposedly in a ceasefire. Trump threatened Tehran with a new wave of bombing if a deal is not reached that includes opening the critical #StraitOfHormuz.
#Trump posted on social media that the war with #Iran could soon end & #oil & natural #gas shipments could restart. But that all depends on Iran accepting a reported agreement that Trump did not detail.
“If they don’t agree, the bombing starts,” Trump wrote.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #energy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/article/iran-us-isr…
Good morning to readers. #Oil prices have surpassed $114.03 per barrel (+56,48% compared to pre-war).
Attacks on Iran's industrial base have sent the rate of unemployment skyrocketing.
For young people like Nami, their only option is to leave Iran and start their lives anew.
iranwar.news/p/industrial-coll…
Industrial collapse drives Iran’s brain drain
The impact of U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran’s industrial base are becoming clear, accelerating Iran’s economic spiral and driving a generation of young people abroad.Alessandra Hay (Iran War Dispatches with Tim Mak)
Good morning to readers; #Oil prices have rebounded to above $111,34 per barrel (+52,8% compared to pre-war).
Lilian’s aunt went back home to southern #Lebanon, found half of her house on the ground, grabbed what she could, and left again. Her family doesn’t trust this “ceasefire.”iranwar.news/p/fragile-ceasefi…
#Trump #war #Iran
Fragile ceasefire sends Lebanese home — then out again
As people return to their homes in the south to find out what’s left, Lilian’s family contends with a ceasefire they don’t trust to hold.John Beck (Iran War Dispatches with Tim Mak)
On April 28, GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused environmental law scholars of bias, conspiracy and colluding to influence the U.S. judiciary.
The next day, free-market conservatives kicked off a multiday climate skepticism event for more than 150 judges.
propublica.org/article/climate…
#News #Climate #ClimateChange #Science #Oil #Gas #FossilFuels #Law
Event With Links to Oil Industry Teaches Judges "Healthy Skepticism" of Climate Science
As congressional Republicans accuse climate scholars and lawyers of colluding to influence the judiciary, a symposium hosted by a center funded by the fossil fuel industry educates judges about free-market views of climate science.Peter.DiCampo@propublica.org (ProPublica)
Meaningless nonsense
#Trump says deadline for #Congress to approve #IranWar doesn't apply: Hostilities have 'terminated'
The White House asserted to Congress in a letter Friday that hostilities with #Iran have “terminated” despite the continued presence of US armed forces in the region.
#TrumpsWar #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/article/iran-congre…
"On Wall Street, TACO — Trump Always Chickens Out — has abruptly been replaced as a favorite meme by NACHO — Not a Chance Hormuz Opens. As a result, oil futures have soared. ...
So what is preventing the reopening of the Strait? Three factors:"
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #StraitofHormus #oil #gas #economy #BrentCrude
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"Gas is $4.23 today. It was $2.98 sixty-one days ago. The blockade that is driving this price is now explicitly indefinite."
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #StraitofHormus #oil #gas #economy #BrentCrude
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"Brent crude surged above $126 per barrel overnight — a new wartime high, the highest level since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 — after President Trump formally rejected Iran’s diplomatic proposal and confirmed the US naval blockade of Iranian ports will remain in effect until Iran agrees to dismantle its nuclear program."
~ Rudy Martinez
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #StraitofHormus #oil #gas #economy #BrentCrude
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restoftheworldreport.com/p/the…
The Rest of the World Report | April 30, 2026 — Morning Edition
Israel intercepted a civilian flotilla in international waters near Greece — more than 1,000km from Israel — jamming emergency communications and pointing weapons at activists. Turkey called it piracy. Greece said nothing.Rudy Martinez (The Rest of the World Report)
#US #GasPrices Hit Highest Level Since Beginning of #War in #Iran
The jump on Tuesday of 1.6% was the highest percentage increase in more than a month.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
nytimes.com/2026/04/28/busines…
#UAE quits #OPEC, a major blow to world's biggest #oil exporters & leading member #SaudiArabia as #Iran war roils global #energy markets
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/article/opec-united…
#Iran foreign minister left Islamabad without meeting #US envoys, Pakistan officials say. Can you blame him? The US “envoys” were Steve #Witkoff & Jared #Kushner ffs.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #MafiaState #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/live/iran-war-israe…
Much damage has been done to our societies and the #climate due to #fossilFuels
The alternative was always there, but it was systematically destroyed
Appreciate the irony though:
Big Oil's decline has been ensured by their greatest triumph, #Trump
The stupid war on #Iran means every country will move off #oil
#China's #EV makers are kings of the world now
"‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, #IEA chief says"
theguardian.com/environment/20…
The #Trump admin is placing economic #sanctions on a major #China based #oil refinery & roughly 40 shipping companies & tankers involved in transporting #Iran oil.
The move, announced Friday makes good on Trump’s threat to impose secondary sanctions on companies & countries that do business with Iran. It’s also part of his #Republican admin’s overall ramped-up campaign to cut off Iran’s key source of revenue — its oil exports.
Secretary of the #Navy #JohnPhelan abruptly leaves job as the #Trump admin continues the naval #blockade of #Iran
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #US #war #MafiaState #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/article/pentagon-na…
#Iran Forces Claim to Seize 2 Ships After #Trump Extends “Truce”
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked & seized 2 cargo ships near the #StraitOfHormuz, state media reported. Both sides were seeking to exert control in the waterway even as Trump renewed a #ceasefire.
#IranWar #US #MafiaState #piracy #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
nytimes.com/live/2026/04/22/wo…
#Trump says #US delegation is heading to #Pakistan for more #Iran talks despite accusing Tehran of violating the #ceasefire agreement in #StraitOfHormuz
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #MafiaState #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/live/iran-war-israe…
#SCOTUS agreed Friday that #energy companies facing lawsuits over #environmental damage to Louisiana’s #coast from #oil & #gas production can move the challenges from #state courts into friendlier #federal venues.
The ruling is a significant victory for oil companies, led by #Chevron & #ExxonMobil, in their legal battle with #Louisiana state officials over who should pay for the state’s #coastal #erosion. The companies have been supported by the #Trump admin.
The justices unanimously agreed to allow the #oil companies to fight the lawsuits in #federal court rather than #state court.
“Congress has long authorized federal officers & their agents to remove suits brought against them in state court to federal court,” Justice #ClarenceThomas wrote.
#law #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #environment #PublicHealth #habitats #wildlife #FossilFuels #money
The case, #Chevron USA Inc v #Plaquemines Parish, LA, focused on a narrow question: whether the #oil companies could remove cases over #environmental damage from #state to #federal court. But the case has been closely watched by litigants in other #climate lawsuits because state courts are generally thought to be more receptive to people who sue over damages caused by #ClimateChange, including activists & state officials.
#law #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth #wildlife #FossilFuels #money
“Justice” #ClarenceThomas explained that the #oil company had cleared the bar required to move the case into federal court because the lawsuit dealt with oil production in #Louisiana dating back to WWII, when #Chevron refined crude oil into aviation #gasoline for the #US #military.
He wrote that Chevron had shown that its #wartime production of crude oil related to its wartime aviation-gasoline refining for the military, a #federal priority.
#Iran has re-imposed restrictions on #StraitOfHormuz, accusing the #US of violating deal to reopen it
Iran has reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, warning that it would continue to block transit through the narrow waterway as long as the US #blockade of Iranian ports remained in effect.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/live/iran-war-israe…
Video shows ships turning away from the #StraitOfHormuz as confusion persists over whether sea lane is really open
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
cnbc.com/2026/04/17/iran-trump…
Video shows ships turning away from the Strait of Hormuz as confusion persists over whether sea lane is really open
The Strait of Hormuz remained effectively closed despite Iran's declaration Friday that it is open, maritime freight and oil analysts told CNBC.Spencer Kimball (CNBC)
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#SCOTUS Sides With #Oil Companies in #Louisiana #Coastal Lawsuits
The companies had asked the justices to clear the way to move #environmental lawsuits out of #state courts, to friendlier #federal venues.
#law #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #environment #PublicHealth #MarineWildlife #FossilFuels #money
nytimes.com/2026/04/17/us/poli…
"The Financial Times has reported that #Canada’s #oil producers are in line to land $90 billion in windfall profits due to the #Iran war." sethdklein.substack.com/p/urge…
#uspoli #cdnpoli #BigOil #ClimateCriminals #WarMachine #CapitalismKills
Urgent need for a windfall profits tax on oil and gas
How to prevent the fossil fuels corporations from making a killing on this illegal war, and put the revenues to better useSeth Klein (Seth Klein / Emergency Measures)
"As much as most Americans may see the Iran war as a deadly dangerous & costly fiasco driven by a reckless madman, don’t doubt that Vance knows who stands to gain from it. Several days ago, The Guardian documented the windfall this war is providing to the top 100 oil and gas companies, which are making more than $30 million per hour and could pocket an estimated $234 billion in extra profits this year."
~ Beschloss
#Trump #JDVance #Iran #war #oil #gas #EconomicElites
americaamerica.news/p/why-shou…
Why Should JD Vance Worry?
Despite his growing collection of obvious failures on the global stage, he's reveling in his imaginary, near-divine status within the power eliteSteven Beschloss (America, America)
