Iran "Wins" the Oil War, Global Energy Shortages Loom, and Why Decentralized Resilience is Now Urgent

@markm.

Yes. The men stand around powerlessly while awaiting PERMISSION from the state to do something. The permission is never given.

And their own power to defend their people (testosterone based instincts) are suppressed / ignored as “Toxic Masculinity.”

And the value of their own women and daughters devalued as “Toxic Whiteness.” Not worthy of being defended.

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Friend who runs a trucking company was advised about a month ago to order oil by his supplier. I ordered 1 year worth of oil changes in my vehicles, when he told me. My friends cost went up about 25%. The oil I use in my SxS went from 10.49 per qt to 16.99 per qt.

This is where I’m confused too. Claim is we still have 340ish mb of crude in strategic reserves, but Trump said we were 4 weeks away from disaster. We’re only pulling out 7-10mb of crude a week out of strategic reserves, so now what? Gas should be much higher right now.

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It is absolutely fascinating to me to see the religious beliefs that form the basis of the exploitation of white girls. The are as bad as the Talmud!

  • Muslim superiority over infidels.
  • Male superiority over women.
  • Loyalty (to Muslims) and disavowal and enmity towards non-Muslims.

These 3 give us a full blown racial / sexist supremacist mindset.

  • Forced marriages without the woman’s consent (women don’t have a say)
  • Absence of a minimum age of consent (Sex with children is fine)
  • Historical Systems of Sexual Slavery of non-Muslim Captives
  • Religious sanctioned belief that makes non-Muslim captives spoils of war.

The gateway for unlimited sexual abuse is wide, wide open.

Do you want to live next door to a hundred or so of these young men??

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I agree. I guess we’ll take a hard turn in supply and price at some point. They sure are doing a good job hiding the problem we’re facing. On a positive note, I heard that 2 of the 3 aircraft carrier groups near the Strait of Hormuz have sailed away. That’s a strong signal that war is off the table, or at least conventional war is. We never know what the psychopaths are planning.

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They may have figured out that the stand off distance from Iran due to drone swarms and accurate/indefensible missiles renders their carrier air strike capability utterly useless. Every strike was land based from Israel or a Gulf state. They had to be. Russia’s and Iran’s medium/long range hypersonic missile capabilities should have been a clue. We always train for the last war we fought, even when we lose.

My guess is just that, a guess but it comes from experience.

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All this worry about oil scarcity or price. When the US controls the SOH toll booth and is raking in all that incredibly, beautiful, fantastic, shiny toll cash, gas prices will plummet that I can tell you. And the toll booths themselves will be installed on Mars where they’ll be just as controllable as having them in the strait. So incredible. Only low IQ, fake news, losers would think otherwise. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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I never understood what elections had to do with this stuff. People don’t realize that politicians are not all-powerful and our systems are complex and have lives of their own. It is ignorant superficial thinking, but that is the average Joe I guess. It is dangerous too, such as Biden using the oil reserves for popularity, knowing most people won’t make the connections.

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Hmmm, they fight each other so much because they know each other so well?

Yes, and politicians will take whatever small advantages they can get, the general public well-being be damned. They’re like copper thieves who’ll do $50,000 of damage to a house to clear $400.

We need the president’s signature plus a 2/3rds vote in both houses of congress to tap the SPR. Even then, it might eventually turn into an expected “election season bonus” on the part of some voters.

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Do you think the SPR will ever be refilled?

I did so too, but take note, oil degrades over time, even in a sealed container. After 5 years it looks fine but fails when tested for antifoaming, lubricity etc… Once opened (or put in a sump) its appreciably degraded after 12 months. I went through my shed and disposed of a LOT of old oil on that basis. I gnashed and wailed, but its poor economy to put old oil in engines :frowning:

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They probably figured that out after the laundry fire :wink:

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Right after Fort Knox

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At this stage, honestly no. Although flyingdoc put it much more eloquently.

Great advice, that’s why I went with one years worth. I could probably extend oil changes out, especially on the Dodge car.

Follow-up on my recent comment about the dystopic food chain called “Wonder.” They have a kiosk for orders and then you pick it up on a shelf. No human contact.

I went in there again today (last time I just left) because I was hungry and I thought “what the hell?” I had to peak through the shelf into the kitchen to see if any humans were actually there. I saw one young pale-looking man. Then I went over to the 2 kiosks and was about to order, when I realized that they were both so disgustingly dirty with fingerprints, I could not even touch them. Nor was there anything to clean them with. I walked out once again.

Oh well. I got a taco salad next door, with blackened shrimp, awesome.

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That is what we saw during COVID-19.

There is no line that they will not cross.

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Here there are people that heat with used oil and are eager to take it.

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Perhap that is why Israel walled off Gaza.