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US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, in a major escalation of Donald Trump’s four-month pressure campaign against the South American country’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro.

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (3 children)

How much oil do we truly have left in the world. When I was a kid I heard we would run out of in 2000s. Don't remember if it was 2030 or 50 could been longer. But just how much?

Enough to destroy life on earth if it's all burnt or turned into plastics. Giant reserves have been discovered in a few places including Antarctica. We didn't know about these when you or I were kids.

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[–] neuromorph@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

So what determines if oil is being used by terrorists? Hella vague

[–] KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org 2 points 4 days ago

Now we get to the meat of the matter.

The arabs hire trump muscle to knock off the Venezuelan government putting the arabs in charge, this gives the arabs unlimited unrestricted gulf drilling access.

The Saudis have run out or are almost out of oil. They like making billions for doing nothing and do not want the big bucks to stop.

So the gulf is drilled unrestricted, the oil shipped up to east Houston refineries, then shipped out to the nations paying the most for it.

What a deal.

When will trump start working for Americans?

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

So... Privateering? Like Royalty.

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[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Sigh... That's not good...

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Whelp that's a casus belli…

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[–] Chivera@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

So. It begins

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago

And they don’t seize Russian tankers? Wankers!

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