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If There Really Is An Oil Crisis Then...

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M0nica Mon 25-May-26 10:33:53

Brent oil is coming down in price. It is now under $100. However low oil prices are bad for the environment.

GrannyGravy13 Mon 25-May-26 10:16:32

20% of the worlds oil comes through the Straits of Hormuz which means that 80% comes from elsewhere.

The U.K. has eased sanctions on Russian oil, (not that I m in agreement with them) I do think this is another media storm in an eggcup

nanna8 Mon 25-May-26 09:58:25

Not good. Very uncertain times.

Magenta8 Mon 25-May-26 09:44:14

A few days I read that flights had been cancelled owing to shortage of fuel but this turns out not to be the case.

Apparently there is a possibility that holiday flights will be cancelled owing to the escalating price of oil.

It is very difficult to predict what will happen as the progress of the illegal war with Iran is shrouded in Trumps lies and contradictions.

GrannyGravy13 Mon 25-May-26 09:20:36

Magenta8

Some holiday flights have been cancelled.

I thought I read that they were cancelling flights if they were not fully booked and any passengers were compensated and rebooked on the next flight.

Sounds like a sensible idea in the current circumstances.

GrannyGravy13 Mon 25-May-26 09:19:02

A lot of the engineering technology filters down into the cars we drive.

Basgetti Mon 25-May-26 09:16:04

The number of people it employs and income it generates 🤷‍♀️

valdali Mon 25-May-26 08:54:37

Wish they would do the same with the big motor cruisers powering round the coast & in the Med - their fuel consumption is staggering.

More difficult because they're dependant on the fuel barges / re-fuelling points in port.

Jaxjacky Mon 25-May-26 08:47:49

F1 cars are hybrid and the non electric part runs on biofuel, no crude oil involved, net zero emissions.

Magenta8 Mon 25-May-26 08:38:51

Some holiday flights have been cancelled.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 25-May-26 08:27:31

Because having loads of money means the price of fuel , fuel - basics of life is pretty immaterial.

This oil crises will hit the poor, and less well off. It is always the poor and less well off.

mae13 Mon 25-May-26 08:22:12

...why is Formula 1 racing still going strong?