This isn't getting enough attention.

[ariarhythmic@ohai.social]

@petergleick Going the way of Russia, I see

[morton@kolektiva.social]

@petergleick When Trump was begging European countries for help in the war with Iraq, he claimed that the US had plenty of its own oil. Someone was lying.

[fluffykittycat@furry.engineer]

@roadskater @petergleick oh shit yeah that's right that's where the other non Middle Eastern Imports came from. That was a real dumb fucking move on his part

[fettekette@mastodon.social]

@petergleick something what somebody stated 23 years ago in a book
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_the_Empire

[mrbranch40@mastodon.world]

@petergleick

Through the midterms.

[infoseepage@mastodon.social]

@petergleick Trump started a war with Iran which every analyst worth their salt said would result in Hormuz getting closed. Didn't even bother filling up the tank first.

[mimblewimble@mastodon.social]

@petergleick Why didn't they wait until later to wag the dog?

[bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot]

@roadskater @petergleick

As Dean Blundell wrote: "Trump is fighting a two-front war, one against Iran, with an oil reserve at a 44-year low, and one against the country that fills the reserve. The last man who tried a two-front war against people who wouldn’t quit had a bunker in Berlin."

It's well worth reading the whole thing.

(Substack scolds: I'm not interested in your purity antics.)

https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/you-have-no-idea-who-youre-dealing

[haayman@todon.nl]

@petergleick @heuveltop Please start the y-axis at 0

[luxmoore@mastodon.social]

@petergleick if they can keep the hustle going long enough they can blame the Democrats post midterms for gas prices

[fak@cupoftea.social]

@petergleick it's actually somewhat worse than that. Back in March Exxon were given permission to tap the strategic oil reserve (and profit from higher prices) on the proviso that they then more than replaced it later, expecting costs to be lower (ooh, more profit for Exxon) https://www.energy.gov/articles/united-states-release-172-million-barrels-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve

What will be interesting is when it gets replenished and at what cost.

[kralcttam@mastodon.social]

@OutOfSpace @petergleick

At the current draw, it should last till the midterms, barely. The SPR has a Defense Department certified floor of ~243 million barrels. Below that floor it's not oil, but sludge. As of last week we pulled 3.7 million barrels, down to 289.7 mmb. If we keep pulling that much it will last another 12 weeks.

We're on track to pull maybe 19 mmb in August, or about one day of oil for the U.S. or about 3% of our oil burn.

https://www.spr.doe.gov/dir/dir.html

[mjack@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@petergleick

This is not the behavior of an administration that cares about consequences. I wonder why?