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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

No, you really couldn't physically move that much oil on trucks in any realistic scenario.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world -5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Really? You think there's a law of physics that prevents this?

For one thing we could build trucks much much bigger if we wanted to, we could build them as big as tankers if we wanted to, and in the middle of the desert it would not be hard to get permission.

we would never build them that big because we would just build more pipes, or send multiple trucks, or dig a trench, or dig a canal, or any numerous options.

they would just be expensive relative to the free pass through the strait.

But if that strait is no longer free the relative price goes down and the oil makes enough money to cover it a thousand times over.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Really, it's not economical or practical to do this in the slightest. Laws of physics have fuck all to do with it. Also, a giant hole in that genius plan of yours is that Iran can just bomb this infrastructure like they're doing with all the other infrastructure in the region right now. But thank you for taking your valuable time away from sniffing glue to grace us with your invaluable insight.