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dweller

(28,329 posts)
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 01:06 PM 23 hrs ago

From HCR today

The International Energy Agency is an intergovernmental organization that was created in 1974 to provide policy recommendations on the global energy sector and whose members make up about 75% of the demand for global energy. Today it said, “The conflict in the Middle East has created the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market, due to the near halt in shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.” It added: “The resumption of transit through the Strait of Hormuz is the single most important action to return to stable oil and gas flows and reduce the strains on markets and prices.” Until then, it urged people to work from home if possible, drive more slowly to conserve energy, use public transport, avoid using airplanes, and use electricity for cooking where possible.

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-20-2026

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From HCR today (Original Post) dweller 23 hrs ago OP
She makes a lot of sense. We should listen to her. multigraincracker 23 hrs ago #1
Along with opening the Strait, we all need to stop destroying oil & gas transit sites . . . Journeyman 22 hrs ago #2

Journeyman

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2. Along with opening the Strait, we all need to stop destroying oil & gas transit sites . . .
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 02:14 PM
22 hrs ago

It won't do to have the Strait open if we're five years out from resumption of processing and shipment.

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