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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

At this point either Trump commits to a land invasion and we have 20 years and trillions of dollars and tens if not hundreds of thousands of American lives wasted, not even counting how many millions of Iranian lives would be wasted as well. Or Trump backs down and asks China to act as a mediator because there's no way Iran would trust Trump to negotiate.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Or Trump declares victory (didn’t he already do that?) and goes home. In a bit of circular reasoning, maybe he starts making waves about the Epstein files to distract people from Iran

[–] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 2 points 2 hours ago

He can't unilaterally end the conflict and leave because we have bomb-able assets throughout the region and Iran is not letting us off the hook that easy.

[–] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 2 points 2 hours ago

I think Russia will "mediate" in exchange for concessions in Ukraine.

[–] Bruncvik@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Iran should request to have a hand in selecting the next US leader. In fairness, they couldn't do much worse than the US electorate...

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 72 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

You know what? Fucking do it.

Inflation will really fucking suck for a while, but anything that makes renewables and nuclear the better option is going to be a good thing in the long term. Strangle the oil industry with high prices, we fucking need it.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Here’s the problem with that idea…yes, global prices could go way up, BUT

  • US has lots of oil, so won’t have shortages, just make a few obscene billionaire more obscenely wealthy. We’re deluded enough that renewables and EVs still won’t be an option
  • Russia needs to sell oil to stay in the war, and they’ll be able to get more profit
  • this mainly hurts everyone else
[–] insomnia_sufferer@lemmy.ml 36 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

This won't just affect oil by the way, fertilisers are a direct product of natural gas, bunkering, electricity, transport, the list goes on.

The ripple effect might just pop the AI bubble. Good luck.

[–] harambe69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Ferts can be made without natural gas, just bit more bothersome. Instead of cracking methane for hydrogen, we'll have to split water.

[–] jrs100000@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Im sure it will be great comfort to the billions who starve in a global famine while we spend decades building out the infrastructure for that.

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 8 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

That's probably overselling the importance of fertilizer a little. A huge proportion of the food we grow is completely wasted, rots without anyone eating it, or doesn't "look nice" so gets fed to animals who could just as easily eat other food sources. Another gigantic portion of the is grown inefficiently and stupidly for political and cultural and other asinine reasons, grown in inefficient places, or are inefficient crops to begin with. Sometimes it's all of the above, and sometimes it's not even grown for food at all, it's grown for oil. We burn it, because that's environmentally friendly, somehow. Famine is not a global agricultural problem, it's an economic problem, sometimes an intellectual property problem and almost always a political problem, it has nothing to do with lack of fertilizer, it never has been, and it almost certainly never will be. The whole system is rigged top to bottom, and fertilizer isn't going to make or break it.

[–] jrs100000@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Where do you think that proportion wasted is wasted? What happens when energy costs spike and plastics become more expensive? When logistics, transport and storage costs go up, waste doesn't vashish, it grows exponentionally.

[–] Ice@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

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Estimates of the global population reliant on synthetic nitrogenous fertilizers, produced via the Haber-Bosch process for food production. Best estimates project that just over half of the global population could be sustained without reactive nitrogen fertilizer derived from the Haber-Bosch process.

Source: OurWorldInData

[–] harambe69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 hours ago

We're already building it out because morons think hydrogen is the future of energy.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Bubbles pop. Letting them grow more before they pop doesn't help.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 points 7 hours ago

It kinda does when you have a zit. Bigger ones are much easier to pop.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

haha, reminds me that in 2007 I was delivering flowers when gas prices spiked and I made the mistake of opining that it wasn't all bad - for basically that reason. The owner did NOT appreciate my comments. lol.

Nothing came of it or anything, it was just a little awkward for a bit. And I did express sympathy for her costs. But she could have optimized deliveries SO much better - I tried to help - but she just didn't care. Even though....... it cost her much more gas. heh

She was a good person, just a little blind about some things. :)

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 123 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

A year from now, after we've been paying $5 a gallon for gas, we'll find out the oil companies had the biggest record profit year in their history. Then they'll announce layoffs.

[–] 8uurg@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Here in the Netherlands it is 2.08€/L (9.10 U.S. dollars / US gallon) at its cheapest and 2.48€/L (10.84 U.S. dollars / US gallon) at its most expensive. While a lot of that is taxes, we are well past that mark.

[–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Cute, in Austria it's at 7€ now, Germany is higher. But we don't drive gas guzzling tanks.

[–] Eril@feddit.org 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Hitting 8€ in Germany now, which apparently is 9.23 USD. But I lived without a car for a long time now and will get an electric car soon, so I will "only" feel the indirect consequences 😂

[–] acchariya@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

That's about what it is in France, up maybe 10% overall at the moment. I only drive 1-2 times per week though and usually just a few kms to the big grocery store and my car is extremely efficient so I haven't filled up in probably a month.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Fyi Canadians pay well over 5$ a gallon. I'm sure others pay significantly more as well.

Just explaining so you know that many people won't understand your comment

[–] MartianRecon@lemmus.org 3 points 8 hours ago

I live in Los Angeles, and the price of gas for premium is like 5.60 or higher. It's 'high' for us but not insane.

[–] foggenbooty@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Don't forget to convert the currency. $5 USD /gal is about $1.50 CAD /L, which is bang for Western Canada and cheaper than gas prices right now in Eastern Canada.

You're right though, those aren't the insane prices the original poster thinks they are for countries outside the US.

[–] m4xie@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago

All the pumps are $1.80 for standard in my city.

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[–] kittykillinit@lemy.lol 7 points 12 hours ago

That's okay, I was planning on staying home anyways.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 49 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

This is TERRIBLE! We paid Trump MILLIONS of Dollars and FUNDED a War with Venezuela! HOW could he Do this to US!

-Oil CEOS!

[–] EffortlessGrace@piefed.social 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

U.S. Oil Industry is largely reluctant to re-invest in Venezuela.

Lots of companies are eager to spend in Venezuela — except the ones Trump most needs

“The most enthusiastic are among the least prepared and least sophisticated,” said one industry official familiar with the responses the White House is receiving.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 6 hours ago

40bn for Milei and bessenets friends. and 93bn alone just for hesgeth staycations.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 26 points 18 hours ago (8 children)

So this makes me think. Did they attack Venezuela first to get access to the oil there and prevent a price spike from happening when they attacked Iran? Or am I giving the current regime too much credit?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 6 hours ago

venezeuala oil seems very expensive to extract, we havnt heard of venezuela for like 1-2 months already, meaning trump likely has abandoned the country already.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Reminder that literally not one single major oil company wanted to be involved in Trump's plans to exploit Venezuelan oil - with the exception of the one company already there, who basically suggested they might make some very, very small expansions to their operations - because all of them thought it was an idiotic idea.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 6 hours ago

trumps purpose in venezuela was justa distraction , just like the attack on iran. hes like the person that chases the next new shiny gold item that comes along.

[–] JollyG@lemmy.world 40 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Considering that representatives from the Trump cabinet appeared to be surprised that Iran can and did block the strait of Hormuz, I'd say you are giving too much credit.

Also, the US is a net exporter of oil. National supply concerns aren't the issue so much as global supply shock. Restrictions anywhere lead to price hikes.

[–] jellyfishhunter@lemmy.world 23 points 18 hours ago (5 children)

Wasn't the Venezuela oil basically worthless because proper extraction would be too expensive to be viable?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Same is true of us oil. If you want conspiracy theories, there’s a more straightforward one. Us oil tends to be expensive with the need for advanced drilling such as fracking and horizontal drilling. In order to make a profit, it has to sell at like $60/bbl or more. Raising the global price of oil helps enrich those oligarchs that funded drumps csmpaign

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[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 6 points 12 hours ago

Honestly fuck yeah

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Demand destruction will start happening well before it reaches $200/bbl.

Prices of $120-140 begin demand destruction and economic recessions (as 2022 showed), with destruction accelerating past $160. Transportation costs doubling will put almost immediate halts on capex planning for most organizations. I would be surprised if sustained prices beyond $160/bbl could exist for more than a couple weeks before the global economy tail spins so fucking hard it immediately stops consuming the oil supply lost from the strait of Hormuz.

[–] Krono@lemmy.today 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Are you sure you aren't underestimating the huge volume of demand that needs to be destroyed? I believe something like 20%-25% of demand needs to be destroyed, in both the crude and LNG markets.

The last time demand was 20% lower than baseline was during the two worst months of Covid, when the majority of people were staying inside their home

So the question is: how high does the price of oil have to get in order to force people to consume like they did under the worst of Covid?

I'm no economist, but my gut feeling says it will be sustained significantly higher than $160/barrel.

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[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 13 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

There's also renewables. Solar is already cost competitive and there's no way EVs aren't flying off the shelves right now

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 6 hours ago

it still requires fuel to move all those EV parts to countries.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Too late. Manufacturing and installing renewables or EV's or literally anything requires diesel.

The entire industrial supply chain is still built on diesel with decades to go before the current glacial pace of electrification makes a significant dent. A massive energy crunch is just going to make renewable buildouts even more materially constrained and astronomically more expensive, there is no way out without economic collapse. The current economic system is not designed around anything other than fossil fuels and will refuse to complete a changeover until no other options exist, which will usually mean billions of homeless starving people getting fucked over.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

This is fun because when does the war end? When the US says so?

[–] Janx@piefed.social 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

When our country holds Trump accountable for his illegal acts.

[–] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 8 points 11 hours ago

So another forever war.

[–] ol_capt_joe@piefed.ee 17 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

So how is a local rebellion supposed to work when a fat orange won't take his short, weird fingers off the 'fire missiles at everything' button?

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