If Hormuz Is Not Open By The 4th Of July

[gab13by13]

Crude oil will jump to $150.00 a barrel, or more.

$7/gal gas.

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Maybe sooner, and maybe higher than $7/gal

Then we will be guaranteed to take back the senate.

[Chipper Chat]

2. Does anyone here feel like celebrating the 4th of July?

I know I don't.

[piddyprints]

3. No n/t

[MustLoveBeagles]

4. No

And I'd been looking forward to it for years. I was 4 when the bicentennial happened so I barely remember that one. trumps re-election ruined it for me.

[maxsolomon]

5. It feels shameful at this point.

Which is sad.

I think I know too much about American History and Americans to feel pride in anything but the National Park system.

[harumph]

11. It is shameful Max. Too few people recognized the small fires that were being set - in 1980, no less.

and, the national parks will be on the chopping block if the right wing juggernaut isn't stopped.

"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made... ."

[FHRRK1]

6. Already at nearly $7.00 in California

The MAGAts blame it on Newsom.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

7. Americans celebrate the 250th by paying $250 to fill up their tanks! USA, USA, USA...

Hey, it could happen?

[RT Atlanta]

8. An intensified recession that was not needed....

Another example of what the republicans are apparently fine with letting him get away with...

hang this around the necks of all republicans like kryptonite

[NickB79]

9. I'm seeing talk of that by the 4th of June

https://www.businessinsider.com/oil-prices-market-supply-shortage-outlook-iran-war-crude-inventories-2026-5

HFI Research, an investment research firm with a focus on energy markets, said it sees the oil market hitting a major turning point in the first week of June. If the Strait of Hormuz remains closed through that time, oil markets will likely descend into "real panic," it said, suggesting that nations around the world could start panic-buying and hoarding oil as oil inventories hit rock bottom.

The scenario — which HFI said wasn't its base-case — is contrary to where most forecasters think the crude market is headed. The firm pointed to more optimistic oil forecasts about how the market would soon normalize, but those predictions are likely fueled by "psychological biases" in the oil market, it said.

[Norrrm]

10. If gas is up 40% by today's numbers,

If gas is up 40% by today's numbers, then the base would be 71.43% of today's price.
But Trump promised to cut energy prices in half so the true base would be 35.71% of today's price.
That would be a 180% price increase by Trump's earlier promise.
As if Trump's promise/word had any value.

[dalton99a]

12. Kick

[DFW]

13. I am quite optimistic that the Strait of Hormuz will have open and free traffic by July 4th.

July 4th, 2029, that is.

[multigraincracker]

14. I can cut my driving in half and live on

cabbage and oatmeal. My heart Goes out to others and I can try to help.