The US positioned the world’s largest warship, the USS Gerald R Ford, in the Middle East to join an earlier aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, that had moved to the region last month.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded by threatening to sink the carriers.

[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Westoid reportedly FORGOT he needs oil shipments to go through the Strait of Hormuz

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Oil companies could actually use a boost right now. And the US is a net exporter.

[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

spectacularly dumb thing to say about US oil which costs 25x+ Saudi crude actually. the US profit game is natgas. something about my posts makes you people horny

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

US oil which costs 25x+ Saudi crude

West Texas Crude does not cost 25x Saudi Crude. Neither is it the primary US importer.

Saudi Arabian imports dropped to roughly 336,000–349,000 barrels per day (bpd) by 2023–2024, down from over one million bpd in previous years. Meanwhile, Canada is the largest supplier, accounting for roughly 55-61% of U.S. imports, followed by Mexico.

[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 1 points 51 minutes ago

Production cost. Hence the fracking? I'm not going to explain the oil trade to someone who thinks they can survive the strait being mined. Delusional