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SamuelTheThird

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6. I'll go with actual experts rather than random posters

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #5)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 12:13 PM

Sunday

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/01/experts-weigh-potential-scenarios-for-oil-if-strait-of-hormuz-closes.html

and....then there's this-

LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - At least 150 tankers, including crude and LNG vessels, dropped anchor in open Gulf waters beyond the Strait of Hormuz and dozens more were stationary on the other side of the chokepoint, shipping data showed on Sunday, after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran plunged the region into turmoil.

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Policies covering ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz are cancelled [View all] SamuelTheThird Saturday OP

This shows who really rules the world CanonRay Saturday #1

N/S JustAnotherGen Saturday #2

That's nothing new and doesn't close the straight FBaggins Saturday #3

No policy equals no ship transporting oil SamuelTheThird Sunday #4

Untrue... but also irrelevant FBaggins Sunday #5

I'll go with actual experts rather than random posters SamuelTheThird Sunday #6

Actually - you'll go with your own imagination over either FBaggins Sunday #7