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[–] 46 points 6 months ago* (5 children)

a lot of oil comes from the persian gulf. that is hard to get out otherwise. saudi arabia has a pipeline to their westcoast, but that wouldn't meet the demand.

the strait of hormuz is a major choke point in oil trade. unfortunately oil is stil a key ressource for everything. ...

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Because the infrastructure in this region is a joke, while oligarchs suck trillions out of the ground to distribute to princes, no one wanted to invest in an alternative pipeline to the Red Sea. Seemed like a city for Douchebags was a better idea. Abu douchebag.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    well redundancies are first of all expensive. plus there are already alternate ways of distribution. these are just insufficient for a naval blockade. the capacity of pumping it up and then putting it on a ship quasi-on-site is always gonna be magnitudes bigger and cheaper, than building pipelines. so ...

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