Post #3858904
2026-07-16 11:55 UTC
Here’s a snapshot of shipping in the Gulfs of Persia and Oman from 14 years ago, since when – prior to 28 Feb this year – the weight of moving cargo will have increased by about 70%.
Every dot is a ship of type container, dry bulk, tanker, gas bulk or vehicle carrier. Source: https://www.shipmap.org
The great irony is that Trump, the Fool’s Gold idiot and climate denier in chief, has probably done more these past 19 weeks to suppress emissions than any other individual
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@urlyman@mastodon.social 2026-07-16 12:06
…Roughly 1.3 billion barrels of oil blocked from reaching their destination so far, made invisible to us by drawing down national strategic reserves. For GDP watchers, a shortfall of about 3.4% of an entire year’s worth of the global economy’s keystone mineral. So far. A shock that is yet to come
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@zer0unplanned@friendica.rogueproject.org 2026-07-16 14:27
@urlyman@mastodon.social hormuzstraitmonitor.com/