The Energy crisis The effect of the war in the Persian goes gulf are about to generate critical shortages in our economy. The reality of the United Kingdom, is that our primary energy imports are from the United States, Norway, and North Africa. That means, that none of our energy is sourced from the Middle East. So for the United Kingdom, the problem will not be supply. It will be price. In its war with Iran, Donald Trump has decided to blockade the straight of Hormuz in order to deny income to the Iranians. In this fight, America is largely energy independent. It produces and exports more than it imports. It’s a net balance, as opposed to true energy independence, that most of the light and sweet crude produced in the United states has to go elsewhere to be processed. America’s refineries were built for heavy sour crude. This shift by America from being the policeman of the seas to Mercantile protector of the interest of North America is a long expected shift, excep...
The stage is set, the American President is about to commit war crimes by bombing civilian infrastructure. It is amazing that Donald Trump has managed to make the repulsive Iranian regime into anti-heroes. Pol Pot, Hitler, Stalin and now Trump… Considering that Trump has fired a dozen generals, and is probably going to fire a bunch more, who probably refused his illegal orders, the stage is set for a pain over the next five years. Rumors are that Iran has already bombed Saudi Arabian production and transport facilities, that were previously protected by Qatar and Kuwait, the situation could not be more dire. The impact on the global economy and on people's lives cannot be understated. Poverty, famine and pestilence will be the result of the actions of this madman. What is truly unbelievable is that there is no one stopping this madman, this is clearly a case of calling for the 25 amendment, but his replacement is as mad, and a religious nut too....