Exactly, there is another suspect DS news cycle surrounding the Australian "tourists" that have been jailed for over 10 weeks. This story along with the Australian story smells like DS fuckery, Ausies would love to get their DS operatives out of Iran jail through publicly disguising these two citizens as innocent, highly empathetic individuals.
[–] 20602026? 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
exactly THIS. The move will be a value added benefit to further pressure China into make the deal. And I LOOOVE how we are able to "use our oil reserves to offset any global economic impact." Yes, thank you, Mr. President. The smartest man in the room.
[–] 20602683? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
How does this compute? We are net energy exporter, and energy independent now. President just announced he is releasing oil from out reserves to make up the shortfall. If we are independent, then why would there be a shortfall?
[–] 20603203? 2 points -2 points 0 points (+0|-2) ago
It's because we are not energy independent nor do we have the infrastructure in place to be. It would take years to get our infrastructure built back up to where we could be fully energy independent.
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[–] 20602976? 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Our oil price is the global price! The net shortfall is global, not domestic. The USA can put additional volumes on the global market, so as to hold the available 'supply' steady.
There could be a 'where available' problem, east coast vs west coast.