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Trump’s call for allied deployment to strait of Hormuz meets muted response (www.theguardian.com)
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UK and Japan among countries that are considering options but yet to commit warships to blockaded shipping route

Countries including the UK, Japan, China and South Korea have said they are still considering their options but without making commitments after the US president, Donald Trump, urged them to send warships to the strait of Hormuz to secure the vital shipping route.

The effective closure of the strait of Hormuz by Tehran, in retaliation for airstrikes by the US and Israel, has proved catastrophic for global energy and trade flows, causing the largest oil supply disruption in history and soaring global oil prices.

However, the international response to Trump’s call for the dispatch of warships has so far proved vague and reluctant, with countries unwilling to commit to a military response that could prove treacherous for their navies.

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[–] 17 points 5 months ago
  1. Plastics and Petrochemicals

Fossil fuels are mainly used here as a carbon source. Plants contain carbon captured from atmospheric CO₂.

Convert biomass into platform chemicals

  • Bio-polyethylene

  • PLA plastics

Create synthetic hydrocarbons Using hydrogen + captured CO₂:

  • produce methanol

  • convert to olefins

  1. Pharmaceuticals

Most pharmaceuticals rely on organic chemistry

  1. Fertilizers

The key fertilizer is ammonia so use green hydrogen produced by electrolysis.

  1. Air Travel

Synthetic jet fuel (Power-to-Liquid) or Biofuels (SAF)

  1. Sea Transport

  • Ammonia fuel

  • Methanol fuel

  • Hydrogen fuel cells

  • Wind-assisted propulsion

  1. Steel Production

Use hydrogen reduction of iron ore:

  1. Cement

  • electric kilns

  • hydrogen heat

  • carbon capture

None of these technologies violate physics or chemistry. The challenge is cost, scale, and infrastructure, not feasibility.

If oil is at $200/barrel then these alternatives become much more attractive

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