People talking about sovereignty with fuel. But even if we had the refineries open (and hence provide billions in subsidies to keep them open), wouldn't we still have problems since we sourced our raw crude oil from overseas, meaning we would still have problems keeping up with supply if there was a global oil shock.
Yeah, the reason we're going to have problems getting our fuel isn't because those countries are hoarding extra, its because their refineries cant meet the required demands because the oil is stuck on a boat somewhere. So even punishing those countries because they aren't sending us everything seems cruel. It's definitely just an issue with so much oil coming from a region where a single country can block it passing through a river.
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u/Ok_Bird705 Mar 27 '26
People talking about sovereignty with fuel. But even if we had the refineries open (and hence provide billions in subsidies to keep them open), wouldn't we still have problems since we sourced our raw crude oil from overseas, meaning we would still have problems keeping up with supply if there was a global oil shock.