The Two Week Cease Fire Deal Is A Positive Development!

Iran will probably violate the ceasefire agreement.
 
Not the straits, the Gulf of Oman, to get any tanker out of the ME.
The US Navy controls the Gulf of Oman and all points south.
Iran could never get a tanker past the US Navy, which would seize it.

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Lost nothing? Are you retarded? Their leadership, their military, their oil revenue, and their infrastructure.
Their country is on the verge of going back to the Stone Age. Is that "nothing"?
The regime is still in place.
They mad skads of money recently due to the hgiehr p[rices. their oil wa still gong through.
The regime doesn't give a shit about their infrastructure, or the civilian population.

Frankly we need to bail. If we want we should front resistance movements.
 
We didn't bust anything. They are still there. Their nuke stuff is still there. Their drones are still there. Now they control the Straits.

Time to attack to the rear and get out of there.
A deal between these chronic liars - with Bibi pursuing his disparate agenda - is less stable than a drunk with delirium tremens in a 7.9 magnitude earthquake on a frozen pond.

 
It only reduced world supply by 10%. The rest is just gouging and speculation. Nothing to justify the prices at the pump, especially in the US, which has zero supply problems; we don't import squat from the ME, and demand here certainly didn't jump.

The war caused some supply problems for our allies Japan and S. Korea, but they already had reserves built up. Soon the Alaska projects will be providing a secure trade route supply line for our Asian allies free from interference from psycho Islamo-vermin tantrums.


This will also greatly alleviate the Panama Canal bottleneck. I hope they do shut down the Strait. The less money that goes into the hands of assorted ME thugs the better. Let the animals go back to raping each other's sheep and fighting over waterholes.
/----/ Oil is a global commodity. The ones selling it will ask for the going rate. That drives up the cost for everyone.
 
/----/ Oil is a global commodity. The ones selling it will ask for the going rate. That drives up the cost for everyone.

I don't see why that should screw up our economy; we're the world's largest producer. The right always babbles about 'supply and demand' determining price, except when it doesn't.
 
I don't see why that should screw up our economy; we're the world's largest producer. The right always babbles about 'supply and demand' determining price, except when it doesn't.
/----/ That's an idealistic viewpoint. But they are in the oil business for one reason -- to make as much money as possible.
 
Which doesn't excuse gouging, or burglary, armed robbery ...
/----/ It's none of those. But you've made up your mind. Have a nice day.

For the rest of you: Business major here with 30 years experience.
If you sell below market price: You create a shortage. Buyers will rush to purchase your undervalued asset, often reselling it at the actual market price anyway (arbitrage), while you lose capital that could have been reinvested.

The Incentive Function​

Prices act as signals. If the price of a commodity like oil or grain rises, it signals to producers that they should produce more.

  • By selling at the market price—even a high one—you are participating in a system that eventually corrects itself.
  • High prices reduce consumption (conserving the resource) and encourage innovation or increased production, which eventually brings prices back down.
The "Fairness" vs. "Efficiency" Debate
From a purely technical standpoint, there is no "moral" value to a price; it is simply a data point representing what someone is willing to give up for an item.
 
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