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I said before, if the US chooses to not provide aid to Ukraine, they leave Ukraine less choices. And one choice will be hitting oil infra (cheap, low risk and relatively low efford for Ukraine, very difficult and expensive for Russia).
So if the US wants to steer Ukranian military efforts, they can do so by providing the Ukranian military with means to dominate the battlefield. And even then, forcing the Russians to dedicate air defense to these maaaaaassssiivveee installations weakens their front line air defense.
Also the US is currently (one of) the biggest exporters of oil and gas. I imagine they are very heartbroken when making more profit on these exports.
Is democrats all want the aid for Ukraine to pass. It’s the republicans you should blame, not “the US”
Doesn’t OPEC control oil prices? 🤔
It hasn't for a long time.
do you have a source? Everything I am find online is still showing OPEC going strong
Doesn’t OPEC control oil prices? 🤔
It hasn’t for a long time.
do you have a source? Everything I am find online is still showing OPEC going strong
They don't set the price; they influence it by ostensibly controlling the supply from member countries. But, as Wikipedia says:
Since the 1980s, OPEC has had a limited impact on world oil-supply and oil-price stability, as there is frequent cheating by members on their commitments to one another, and as member commitments reflect what they would do even in the absence of OPEC. [4]
Something going all the way back to the end of the 70s showing how no member follows their quota, no I don't.
But current numbers on how the quotas are meaningless today are easy:
https://www.dallasfed.org/research/economics/2022/0419
That's the second link when I search for it.
The first one is this: https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/data_graphs/335.htm
It probably has the data you want, but you have to agree to some nebulous spying to get there.
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if this was created by Russian trolls as a form of manipulation.
Don't need to be a Russian troll to see the hypocrisy. The powers at play don't give a fuck about people. Only the money. Dead people is just one of many costs of whatever is going on. Here we have a very clear demonstration that the US government will react much quicker to the gas price than the blood price. I don't expect better from any party currently involved.
Really? This meme which I just made, with the detailed image transcript for accessibility?
Please, check my lemmy history. Do you really think I'm a Russian troll? 🤣
"Everything to my left is Russian bots!"
I don’t get the knee jerk Russian bot response either. The point isn’t pro-Russia, it is that we give zero fucks for killing Palestinian kids, but if we pay a few bucks more at the pump, full stop real issue to talk about. Russia and Israel are run by horrible murderous people.