Now California must figure out how to replace some 200,000 barrels of oil a day that will no longer be arriving from the Persian Gulf.
  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    29·
    23 days ago

    Already, China, Thailand, South Korea, Pakistan and other countries have scaled back or banned gasoline exports to protect domestic supply in the face of oil shortages and rising costs that make it too expensive to produce.

    i think even if jesus christ materialized in the sky and on every screen in the country, telling everyone in a booming voice, that the US must ban exports of gas/diesel, and the entirety of christendom joined with the America First bozos to call on MAGA and the republicans to ban the export gas/diesel, it still wouldn’t happen.

    the fossil carbon capital formation has rarely had a more enthusiastic champion than the current configuration of US government. and it looks like it just might become a victim of its own success by making it plain that the owners of fossil carbon extraction and refining infrastructure in the US will destroy anything that threatens to close their export channels.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.mlEnglish
      23·
      23 days ago

      If the US banned exports on gas then Europe would either be forced to go running back to Russia for gas or face collapse.

    • DogThatWentGorp [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      15·
      23 days ago

      The kind of oil the US is able to process is not the same as the oil it mines.

      I forget which is which but the equipment for heavy crude oil and light crude oil are different to the point where the two are essentialy different resources for the purposes of logistics.

      It’s more complicated then that but that’s the gist.

    • Noodles4dinner [none/use any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      12·
      22 days ago

      Logistics.

      Few pipelines connect to California from other states.

      Getting a ship from the gulf of mexico to california would require a lot more infrastructure at the origin because existing capacity is already utilized for exports. Then there is always the potential for problems getting through the panama canal.

      Tanker trucks and hazmat drivers don’t exist in any amount to fill the gap in any meaningful way. It would be insanely expensive to do even if there was the ability to do a 24/7 line haul and the roads in are not great.