I really want to see Iran say they'll reopen it only after trump is personally handed over to stand trial for his war crimes...
It will never work, but it'll fracture his support and more importantly he'll be ome convinced it's gonna happen and start turning on his own cronies even if they're loyal.
It honestly makes me sick that this appears to be the line for most Americans. Fuck this country.
The best part is that even if everything in the Strait were to return to normal tomorrow, the oil price shock is just barely beginning to filter through the system, so there's absolutely nothing Trump can do to stop what he caused.
Oh hey, maybe if they didn't dismantle all the green energy and EV initiatives then the impacts would be mitigated a little bit...
Funny how that works...
If only in the decades since the oil embargo of the early 1970s we kept investing in alternative energy sources we could have been in a much better place energy wise.
The Sociopathic Oligarchs see the Dow as the leading indicator of the economy, and never notice gas prices.
But to the average American, the price of GAS is the leading economic indicator, and that number psychologically symbolizes the health of the economy in their minds. That number is displayed on every corner in the country, and every American passes it many times a day, driving it into their skulls.
This is NOT good for MAGA, and a reckoning is coming. MAGA is feral, and when they feel cornered, wounded, and scared, they will strike out ferociously. It's going to get uglier before it gets better.
The only big difference between Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump is that Hitler didn't sexually abuse children.
Comparisons:
Should I continue?
FUCK EVERYONE BUY TOILET PAPER
You stupid fucking asshole.
What exactly are they “bracing” for? Not a single one of them has to pay out of pocket for it.
Trump officials bracing for nightmare scenario of renewable energy and end of global hegemony.
On March 20, he fumed that NATO allies have refused to help secure the strait, but he later appeared unconcerned. “At a certain point it will open itself,” he said.
I'd say that that sounds promising for EV manufacturers.
The cost of diesel, the lifeblood of the U.S. economy powering freight and manufacturing, also pushed past $5 a gallon this month, marking the highest rate since 2022. Experts have warned that the elevated price of diesel, made from crude oil, will trigger knock-on effects on groceries, shipping and construction.
Around 80% of Americans live in cities, where there is nowhere to grow realistically self-sustaining quantities of food. If people can’t buy groceries because it’s no longer economically viable to ship food products to stores, what’s the point of anything else?
They're gonna nationalize our oil aren't they? Required sale to the government at a set rate and then government will turn around and sell into the domestic and international markets to balance prices at our pumps.
It's about the only option other than stop bombing Iran and that's not happening.
One idiotic move administration has made is to increase ethanol content of gasoline. Ethanol is corn based in US. Cost of corn is fertilizer based. The futures price of corn has only increased about 10%, while fertilizer costs are up 100%, and so no logical reason to plant corn that has been losing money for farmers for last 5 years.
Easiest plan to bring down energy prices would be to import chinese solar tariff free, to use on ethanol corn fields in Nebraska. Leaving room for Corn between panel rows when it is viable to grow corn for food again. There's even a path towards 0 cost electricity for 24/7 datacenters or other loads. https://lemmy.ca/post/59615557?scrollToComments=true
If ONLY Iran would OPEN up the Straight that was ALREADY Open BEFORE Trump bombed them for some Reason! WE wouldn't be in This Mess! We NEED Trump to Fix Trump's Fuck Up! Iran!
-NOT Sheep Republicans!
[laughs in public transit]
Do it. First war and now gas prices. Two huge sore points for his base.
The GOP already knows that they have lost the majority, so they try every trick in the book to keep non-republicans from voting. But with those gas prices, even hardcore country yokels who voted for anything with "REP" to it, dead or alive, might start thinking about this.
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