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2naSalit

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5. Pootin...

Reply to AZJonnie (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 04:27 PM

Mar 7

He needed oil prices to go up so he would not be losing $$ with his shadow fleet of oil tankers. And the petroleum industry will benefit too.

We need to begin shifting our use of oil based products, including plastics, from our daily life activities. They are killing us and we need to remove them from our lives.

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When I think Cui Bono with regards to the Iranian War, the first group I think of are: US Frackers/LNG producers [View all] AZJonnie Mar 7 OP

The Exploration Outfits, Maybe ProfessorGAC Mar 7 #1

So you're asserting that this: AZJonnie Mar 7 #3

You Missed What I Said ProfessorGAC Mar 7 #7

They said the quiet part out loud... Hugin Mar 7 #2

Right. Suddenly there's a giant windfall to US AND Russian producers (sans sanctions) resulting from oil price spikes AZJonnie Mar 7 #4

Pootin... 2naSalit Mar 7 #5

The cost to refine that Venezuelan crude Easterncedar Mar 7 #6