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#31
Peak oil / Iran war pushes Asian nations ...
Last post by RE - Mar 18, 2026, 06:01 AM
Iran war pushes Asian nations into energy triage as they conserve power
BANGKOK (AP) — The escalating war with Iran is pushing parts of the world into energy triage, forcing governments to choose where to cut demand or absorb costs, while prioritizing dwindling supplies. Asia is the most exposed since it relies heavily on imported fuel, much of it shipped through the now-blocked Strait of Hormuz. The narrow passage offshore from Iran is the main route for shipping a fifth of global trade in crude oil and liquified natural gas. Governments in the region are scrambling to adjust — tallying oil reserves, conserving energy, competing for supplies and trying to blunt prices. That brings difficult trade-offs: saving power may slow business activity. Prioritizing cooking gas for households can hurt restaurants and other businesses.
The Countries Most In Danger Of Running Out Of Oil
Before the war, 40 tankers carrying 20 million barrels of crude oil and refined petroleum products traversed the Strait of Hormuz every day. This week Iran has allowed just a handful of tankers to slip through Hormuz, including ships flagged to India and China. Amid oil rationing and shortages, which countries are most in danger of winning the race to empty?
Looks like the real Peak Oil fun is getting underway for all the oil importing countries. Oil exporters have a bit of an advantage here, but of course everything is so interconnected the problems won't be limited to the importers. We're on the way back to the Stone Age!
RE
#32
War / WORLD WAR III BEGINS! Afghan-P...
Last post by RE - Mar 18, 2026, 05:08 AM
Iran war overlaps with Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict
With airstrikes on Afghan territory, including the strategically important Bagram Airfield, Pakistan has declared open war on the Taliban. This escalation coincides with the war in Iran.
I think we can officially declare WWIII in progress with major battles in Ukraine, Lebanon, Gaza & Iran currently underway, as well as several African brushfires. As the fertilizer and oil shortages start to bite, I wouldn't be surprised to see a few more break out. With this one, let's remember Pakistan is a Nuke power.
Now the only question is how long before hostilities begin within the borders of the FSoA?
RE
#33
War / US and Israel carrying out str...
Last post by K-Dog - Mar 17, 2026, 10:43 PMMore on the gay sex Trump is having with Bibi.
THELEFTHOOK.SUBSTACK.COM • 2026-03-17
How Israel is Unleashing Its Gaza Plan Across the Middle East with Rula Jebreal
Israel's genocidal regime is now enacting its "Gaza plan" across the Middle East, embroiling the United States, our allies, and the region in an unwinnable war.
How Israel is Unleashing Its Gaza Plan Across the Middle East with Rula Jebreal
Israel's genocidal regime is now enacting its "Gaza plan" across the Middle East, embroiling the United States, our allies, and the region in an unwinnable war.
#34
War / US and Israel carrying out str...
Last post by RE - Mar 17, 2026, 07:35 PMQuoteAmerica gains nothing from any of this.
No, but the Exxon shareholders are happy.!
RE
#35
War / US and Israel carrying out str...
Last post by K-Dog - Mar 17, 2026, 07:15 PM
Trump bombing US-Arab relations back to the 70s
Two weeks of escalation have all but eliminated the possibility of a detente in the Persian Gulf.
#36
War / US and Israel carrying out str...
Last post by K-Dog - Mar 17, 2026, 04:59 PMHey America, How does it feel to be Israel's bitch.
THEDAILYJAGRAN.COM • 2026-03-17
Ali Larijani Killed: Iran's Security Chief And Strongman Who Led Tehran Unofficially After Khamenei's Killing
Israel Defence Forces (IDF) killed Ali Larijani, Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary, in a late-night airstrike. This marks the most significant targeted killing since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's assassination.
America watches through a keyhole while Bibi and Trump have gay sex. America the Cuk. Nothing but higher prices, and a world full of disgust and hate for America. Iran was no threat to America. None at all. For murderous Israel, America sacrifices.
America gains nothing from any of this.
CROOKSANDLIARS.COM • 2026-03-17
Trump's Anti-Semitic Top Counterterrorism Official Abruptly Resigns Over Iran War
Far-right nut Joe Kent has left the Trump administration.
Some of MAGA feels betrayed.
Ali Larijani Killed: Iran's Security Chief And Strongman Who Led Tehran Unofficially After Khamenei's Killing
Israel Defence Forces (IDF) killed Ali Larijani, Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary, in a late-night airstrike. This marks the most significant targeted killing since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's assassination.
America watches through a keyhole while Bibi and Trump have gay sex. America the Cuk. Nothing but higher prices, and a world full of disgust and hate for America. Iran was no threat to America. None at all. For murderous Israel, America sacrifices.
America gains nothing from any of this.
Trump's Anti-Semitic Top Counterterrorism Official Abruptly Resigns Over Iran War
Far-right nut Joe Kent has left the Trump administration.
Some of MAGA feels betrayed.
#37
Yanis has never been gone. On youtube he is a feature. If Trumpolini orders a nuke strike I hope one of the Marines standing next to him wearing the white gloves grows a brain.
QuoteWhat happens to capitalism when it can't deal with it with a crisis of its own making when the capitalist class lose control. They pull levers and they don't work anymore, like hapless pilots in the cockpit. Suddenly the levers don't respond to their pulling and pushing. Fascism is the go-to ideology and the go-to, practices which allow them to remain in power. The fascists have always been particularly useful to the ruling class. Every time the ruling class made a mess of it, and could not contain the crisis of its own making.
What you saw in Minneapolis, the murder of uh American citizens, what you saw with ICE, uh turning into the stormtroopers of Donald Trump from the day he moved into the White House for the second time.
That was happening while he was winning. So imagine what was going to happen when he was losing.
#38
Quote from: K-Dog on Mar 17, 2026, 11:33 AMYanis Varoufakis says that even if the war in Iran ends soon, which it likely will not , the economic consequences will be devastating and prolonged.
Yanis is BACK! lol. I wonder if we'll hear from Dr. Doom Nouriel Roubini also?
The possibility of Israel going NUKE is definitely scary. Actually, I could see Trumpolini himself ordering a Nuke strike.
Far as the economic consequences go, I think it will take until May for that to really kick in here. It's not gonna get better quick though even if the bombing stops 2moro.
RE
#39
Collapse Life / Resistance
Last post by K-Dog - Mar 17, 2026, 11:58 AM
The All-System Iterative Approach (ASIP): Analysing Climate Collapse and Its Human Consequences
Billions will die as civilisation collapses. This report explains why, and how we plan to measure it in real time.
4 Billion Dead
Authoritarianism is Undermining Climate Action
The global rise of authoritarianism is weakening climate governance just as warming accelerates and tipping points draw near. This failure now poses a direct threat to our future.
#40
Trumps Inexcusable Unpreparedness for the Iranian Oil Crisis
Donald Trump, having plunged the country into a potentially disastrous war, with no clear rationale or exit plan, is flailing around for ways to mitigate its economic consequences.
How the War With Iran Will Trigger a Global Financial Crisis
Yanis Varoufakis says that even if the war in Iran ends soon, which it likely will not , the economic consequences will be devastating and prolonged.
'You won't have to go to Bangladesh to see who suffers."
This Trump will not get out of. Teflon Trump has done himself in. Trump in a single heartbeat has enraged the rest of the world. The cost of being an American is about to double and it was not all that cheap to begin with. Both domestically and internationally Trump has cooked his own goose.
Trump has always admired Mussolini. Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Claretta Petacci, were executed by Italian partisans on April 28 in the village of Giulino di Mezzegra. Their bodies were loaded into a van and driven to Milan, arriving in the early hours of the next morning. The bodies were dumped in the square where the Nazis had executed 15 partisans a year prior. A massive, angry crowd gathered. The bodies were kicked, beaten, spat upon, and shot multiple times. To stop the crowd from completely obliterating the remains and to ensure everyone could see that the Dictator was truly dead, the bodies were hoisted upside down from the girder of a Standard Oil gas station.
History will repeat.