Iran's parliament votes to close Strait of Hormuz after US attacks
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The vote took place Sunday after the U.S. on Saturday evening hit three Iranian nuclear sites and significantly damaged the country's capabilities.

Following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday, the Iranian Parliament has voted in support of closing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical oil transit chokepoints, according to media reports.

Any final decision on retaliation, however, will rest with the country’s Supreme National Security Council and le

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Around 20 percent of global oil trade passes through the Strait. Some experts have said that if Iran were to cut off access to the Strait, it could spike oil prices by 30 to 50 percent immediately, with gas prices likewise rising by as much as $5 per gallon.

  • OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    901·
    17 hours ago

    This will just give trump more leverage to drill on protected lands and build pipelines through communities, and seize private property in the US, to satisfy his American oil baron owners.

    • jaschen306@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      174·
      14 hours ago

      Unfortunately the oil we drill can’t be refined here. So it doesn’t matter if we drill more. We can’t do anything with it without sending it east.

        • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
          1·
          2 hours ago

          Something about heavy and light crude oil, and some head scratching decisions that involve shipping things around the world

        • ayyy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          3 hours ago

          Because the refineries constantly fuck up and release toxic shit without warning nearby communities of what they did and that windows need to be closed. Then they get shut down when the riots start.

        • 3abas@lemm.eeEnglish
          81·
          11 hours ago

          I was curious, and this is what I found.

          As of January 2024, there were 132 operating oil refineries in the United States with an atmospheric crude oil distillation capacity of 18,374,628 barrels per calendar day according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).[94]

        • jaschen306@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          71·
          11 hours ago

          Here is a video about it. In a nutshell, the oil we are able to pump out of the ground is a much lower quality oil and our infrastructure is not setup to handle the low quality crude oil. In order be able to process it, we would need to spend billions for the infrastructure and it wouldn’t make financial sense since the East processes it for so much cheaper.

          https://youtu.be/veTbuLu7znc

      • Hugin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        14 hours ago

        The US has been a net exporter of refined petroleum since 2010.

        • P00ptart@lemmy.worldEnglish
          81·
          13 hours ago

          Yeah but it’s not the same quality or type of oil that the Middle East has. However Alaska does have that type of oil…

    • teejay@lemmy.worldEnglish
      261·
      17 hours ago

      This is exactly right and needs to be higher. This was either part of the plan or a welcome side effect.