The final results are in and the winner of the Iran War is...The oil companies.

[petergleick@fediscience.org]

The final results are in and the winner of the Iran War is...
The oil companies.

[leeolds@mastodon.social]

@petergleick yeah, them and Putin.

[flyingsquirrel@muenchen.social]

@petergleick Go figure!

[tootbrute@fedi.arkadi.one]

@petergleick damn those guys are smart. they seem to win every war. vietnam, afganistan, iraq, kuwait. so much winning.

[dalcacer@mas.to]

@petergleick @hypebot If there is one distinguished company that can be crowned as winner, we could apply the “you won capitalism idea” that circulates the internet for a while.

Hand over a winning certificate and tax the sh.. out of them.

[roadskater@mastodon.social]

@petergleick Quelle surprise.

[xerge@mastodon.nl]

@petergleick everybody forgot about Epstein and oil companies are making a killing. Donny is a strategic genius.

[rayotron@mstdn.social]

@leeolds @petergleick

and Xi... and Iran.

[guillotine_jones@beige.party]

@petergleick
War 4 oil.
Bong hits 4 Jesus.

[spud@mastodon.ie]

@petergleick not the same oil companies that profited from Venezuela and both Gulf Wars?

[lukefromdc@kolektiva.social]

@petergleick Iran had it right in 1953 with nationalizing oil.

[npars01@mstdn.social]

@petergleick

Koch Network paid $550 million to get this kind of oil war & profiteering.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html

We don't know what Putin & #PrinceBonesaw paid.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-09/how-the-iran-oil-shock-left-vladimir-putin-a-winner/106547558

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Saudi-Pushes-White-House-to-Prolong-Iran-War-as-Brent-Tops-100.html

https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/10/all-the-pretty-koch-suckers/

https://mymotherlode.com/news/national/10797987/trump-administration-moves-to-block-minnesota-climate-change-lawsuit-against-oil-companies.html

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2020/11/the-reputation-launderers

https://www.businessinsider.com/koch-brothers-data-firm-i360-2014-12

https://www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/the-koch-network-is-pushing-trump-to-accelerate-ai-documents-show/

Billionaires know that mass unemployment feeds fascism.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2025/07/17/bill-gates-charles-koch-and-three-other-billionaires-are-giving-1-billion-to-enhance-economic-mobility-in-the-us/

Lol. What a set of hypocrites. Principles!?!
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/05/06/becoming-a-principle-driven-leader-chase-koch-on-top-principles-for-human-progress.html

[amorpheus@kind.social]

@Npars01 @petergleick I like your referencing. Without any at hand, I wonder, does a price increase of fossils bear any positive effect? Where is the long-term profit?

[gvs@rebelbase.site]

@petergleick Not sure where you live, but in Belgium and The Netherlands, fuel prices are mostly made up of taxes (Belgium 70%). Big winner is the government.

[ezpen@mastodon.social]

@leeolds @petergleick

As long as Trump provides, Putin will keep his part of the deal... making sure his private Epstein files stays... «private»!

[pa27@mastodon.social]

@petergleick Yes.. Where's the windfall tax?

[ezpen@mastodon.social]

@xerge @petergleick

I wouldn't say he's a genius. More like a monster, ready to «activate» situations killing thousands of people and the use of tons of American taxpayer money... all to hide his «exotic» interest for little girls and boys!

[mokhtarstork@zirk.us]

@petergleick They should pay more taxes?

[chemicaleyeguy@mstdn.science]

@petergleick The ‘campaign contributions’ of #BigOil to #DonaldTheDeplorable #Trump have paid off *bigly*. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/09/trump-asks-oil-executives-campaign-finance-00157131

Stop the #FelonsCrusade in #Iran.

[clickhere@mastodon.ie]

@petergleick Republican Party donors and VVP ftw