You could say they are still the dominate species on the planet. They ghosted us for a bit during the Dark Ages, then came back with a vengeance

Suddenly an upside to the fact that I was too poor to learn to drive in my 20s. Now in my 30s and still can't drive so oil prices really don't matter to me.

Already got rainwater harvesting, could do with solar/battery though as my only alternative for heating is a small wood fire and hot water bottles.

Iran has the upper hand right now, they've destroyed (confirmed) half to (reported) all US early warning radars in the middle east, they're hammering Israel right now, their government is intact and has a potentially less moderate leader wanting to avenge his father's death, they have enough missiles and cheap drones to bankrupt the US in a war of attrition but Iran is also landing a lot of missiles now including 1,000kg payloads and cluster missiles. Interceptions are fewer by the day, and the payloads are larger by the day.

Iran's strategy is working, and it only works if they don't give the US and Israel a chance to restock. So they've said it's not up to the US to decide when this war is over, that they have no interest in negotiating with the US as they don't trust them anymore, and they will do what they think they need to to ensure the US doesn't do this again.

It's gonna be a long one, a mission accomplished banner won't do here, Trump and Bibi will have to admit defeat and beg them to stop.

Iran is huge, Israel is tiny. Can Israel afford to have Tel Aviv destroyed as they financially ruin themselves and destroy the world economy? They're insane enough to think they can.

This was the biggest gamble for the dying US empire, and it backfired miserably. Though every analyst that didn't just barf red white and blue progranda said exactly this will happen, so they deserve it.

I put a small amount (like actual small amount) into blackrock just to get a window into that world, stocks been cratering lately.

Damnit, I came to post exactly this. Good work sir.

Take a look on ebay, I found several pallets of solar panels for less than $2k

Diesel went from £1.33/litre to £1.42/litre in less than a week.

Does anybody really believe that? Or that only he can determine if Iran has unconditionally surrendered?

Democrats need to HAMMER this home: Trump’s war costs EXACTLY this much at the pump, every day. There needs to be a ticker on every news broadcast showing live gas prices around the nation.

Except then they'd have to actually oppose the war, and they won't do that because their donors support imperialism.

is there any point? it's clear now Muricans will do nothing meaningful to fight this regime

Democrats will be mostly for the war, even as they hem and haw about this or that. They are mostly all aipac's creatures, if not epstein "pals."

And even then, can't the US military detect them and blow them up? Or have cheap drones patrolling ahead of ships to trigger them?

Sonar-equipped and fiber-controlled submersible drones / robots can. Ordinary sea drones are just small boats with cameras for finding a target, typically made of aluminum or fiberglass. They typically don't have sonar, ride on the surface, and their magnetic signature needs massive amplification to trigger a mine.

Signature amplification might be doable, though.

Depends on the type of mine and the method of detection. It's really hard to find stuff in the ocean, and the strait is a big place. You'd have to do a lot of sweeping by radar and hope you're able to find them before they find you. And Iran is likely to just destroy such a drone when they see it.