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Trump gives Iran 48 hour ultimatum to reopen Strait of Hormuz or face ‘obliteration’ of power infrastructure (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

… the power infrastructure that also services all the oilfields? The ones that you panicked over when Israel started bombing?

Ok, go for it. Fuck around and find out. Add another dollar to the price of gas.

[–] SapphireSphinx@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

AFAIK: The bigger oil fields in Iran have on-site and gas based electric generation. Only the some older ones rely on the grid.