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SamuelAdams

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13. Do they understand oil infrastructure has been damaged?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 01:01 PM

19 hrs ago

That will take months or even years to fix and cost billions of dollars. Once the Strait is open, oil tankers aren't speed boats. It takes weeks or a month for one to reach Asia and Europe. The problem isn't going away anytime soon.

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Do they understand oil infrastructure has been damaged? SamuelAdams 19 hrs ago #13

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