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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/05/iran-is-threatens-to-close-critical-transit-lane-for-crude-oil.html
Rising tensions between the United States and Iran are resurrecting long-held fears that the Iranian military will attempt to disrupt much of the world's crude oil shipments by shutting the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump's decision to abandon the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and restore sanctions on the Iranian economy have stoked geopolitical risk and fueled an oil price rally. The administration escalated the situation last week when the State Department revealed it is pushing oil buyers to cut off all Iranian crude imports by Nov. 4, sooner than many anticipated.

Now, Iran is suggesting that if the United States succeeds in sidelining its exports, it will use its position along the Strait of Hormuz to stop other Middle Eastern countries from shipping their barrels to the world.

The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean.

The Persian Gulf is ringed by some of the world's biggest oil and natural gas producers, including Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
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It's also a critical passageway for liquefied natural gas, a form of the fossil fuel super-chilled to a liquid state for export. Top LNG exporter Qatar sent 30 percent of the world's supply through the Strait of Hormuz in 2016, according to BP.

The strait has featured in a war of words between Iran and the United States in recent days. It's the latest escalation since Trump abandoned the nuclear deal, which lifted sanctions on Iran in exchange for its leaders accepting limits on the nation's nuclear program.

The withdrawal means Washington is restoring sanctions on Iran's oil exports.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made a statement earlier this weekthat some are taking as a veiled threat to shut down the Strait of Hormuz.

“The Americans have claimed they want to completely stop Iran’s oil exports. They don’t understand the meaning of this statement, because it has no meaning for Iranian oil not to be exported, while the region’s oil is exported,” the official website of the Iranian presidency quoted Rouhani as saying.

The market read that as "They're not going to sit idly by while Saudi tankers go sailing through the Strait of Hormuz," said John Kilduff, founding partner at energy hedge fund Again Capital.
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"If they want to stop Iranian oil exports, we will not allow any oil shipment to pass through the Strait of Hormuz," IRGC commander Ismail Kowsari told Iran's Young Journalists Club, according to Reuters.

Also on Thursday, the head of the IRGC, Mohammad Ali Jafari, told Iranian news agency Tasnim, "We will make the enemy understand that either all can use the Strait of Hormuz or no one," Reuters reported.
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The top destinations for crude oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz are China, Japan, India, South Korea and Singapore. EIA estimates 80 percent of the oil went to Asia in 2016.

Threats to shut the strait have typically sent oil prices higher. If those threats finally become a reality, crude prices would likely rise significantly, potentially hurting average consumers such as U.S. drivers.

Saudi Arabia and UAE are the only two countries with the ability to pipe crude oil and natural gas out of the region, but their pipelines can handle just a fraction of the volumes that pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
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The Iranian regime has never actually shut down the passageway, but it has tried.

Toward the end of the nearly eight-year Iran-Iraq War, Iran targeted merchant ships in the Persian Gulf and began mining its waters. In response, U.S. warships set Iranian oil platforms ablaze and sank or damaged half of Iran's fleet.

Iran most recently threatened to shut down the Strait of Hormuz in 2011 and 2012, as President Barack Obama marshaled support for international sanctions on Iran over its alleged research into nuclear weapons development. The closure never came to pass, as the Obama administration's pressure campaign ultimately brought Iran to the negotiating table, yielding the 2015 nuclear accord.

Trump's unilateral withdrawal from the agreement has outraged Iran, which has few avenues for recourse as major oil companies prepare to cut off Iranian oil imports to avoid U.S. sanctions. It remains to be seen whether Iran will make another attempt to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz.

If it did, Iran would face a significant threat from U.S. forces. The U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet is based in Bahrain, and Qatar's Al Udeid Air Base is home to the U.S. Central Command's operations for the region.
 
Iran got used to playing tough with the USA when their love child was president, that gave them billions to fund terrorism, but things have changed and they know there’s a new sheriff in charge.
If a line is drawn, he won’t later claim it wasn’t, he will hold his stand, not turn and run claiming he never drew a line
Some negotiations, let me give you a couple plane loads of secret cash and you can do anything you want, do we have a deal
Was Obama’s $1.7 billion cash deal with Iran prohibited by U.S. law?
 
It'd suck for the ordinary average Joe in America as gas prices would go up even more, but ultimately this hurts the middle east FAR more tahn anyone else. They depend on oil and that passage more than anyone else does. Our gas prices would go up, their economies would completely fucking collapse.

Fuck em.

Bout time we cut that entire region off from the rest of the world. Neanderthals, the lot of em.

This might actually boost certain elements of the US economy, as it would make the oil we produce(which is a lot) even more valuable to trading partners(if we have any left at that point of course).
 
None of it is as economical as good ole fashioned fossil fuel.
Actually it is more economical when you run them off solar generated or hydro electric juice.
Between that and reduced repair costs for not needing brakes, exhaust, and cooling systems adds up to a major chunk of change over the life of a vehicle as the tech continues to improve.
 
Actually it is more economical when you run them off solar generated or hydro electric juice.
Between that and reduced repair costs for not needing brakes, exhaust, and cooling systems adds up to a major chunk of change over the life of a vehicle as the tech continues to improve.

How much would such things cost right out of the gate though.

Long term savings arent worth that much if your average consumer cant afford something in the first place.
 
Back in the old days everything did seem expensive, and there were layaway plans available at just about every store. When cheap goods made outside the country came in, those layaway counters began to disappear. So, people who lost their manufacturing jobs could still afford to shop. It just became a quantity challenge, so advertising ramped up and they began to advertise new shit like prescription medications and medical procedures. People still had health insurance back then, and that's when they really started to exploit that market. They've left no stone unturned in that regard. Along with that came more money lending with higher interest rates. Let's not forget the housing market, too.
 
Back in the old days everything did seem expensive, and there were layaway plans available at just about every store. When cheap goods made outside the country came in, those layaway counters began to disappear. So, people who lost their manufacturing jobs could still afford to shop. It just became a quantity challenge, so advertising ramped up and they began to advertise new shit like prescription medications and medical procedures. People still had health insurance back then, and that's when they really started to exploit that market. They've left no stone unturned in that regard. Along with that came more money lending with higher interest rates. Let's not forget the housing market, too.
I had awesome insurance until Obama told me I could keep it. Over 3 years time, it doubled in cost and my deductible also doubled.
 
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