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Hormuz: Closed

Blockade: Blockading

Oil: Rising

Tensions: Boiling

 

$4.99 here with more over $5 again.

 

Tick tock...

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12 minutes ago, Atlas said:

Hormuz: Closed

Blockade: Blockading

Oil: Rising

Tensions: Boiling

 

$4.99 here with more over $5 again.

 

Tick tock...

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Pushing $4.00 a gallon in most places, still $3.75 in town but it's going to spike tomorrow for sure.

 

Diesel back up to $4.60-5.00.

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1 hour ago, CamGTP said:

Pushing $4.00 a gallon in most places, still $3.75 in town but it's going to spike tomorrow for sure.

 

Diesel back up to $4.60-5.00.

 

You got'a be cooking right now. Just looked at the weather map. Yuck! 

 

We are right back to $4 today. :( 

 

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Hit mid 90's today. Even at the boarder of Canada and up by Duluth it was in the 90's. Going to be like this all week. Sure it's nothing like the south seeing 100's but they do say it's a different kind of heat here with all the lakes/water and humid days.

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So he wants to take a 20% cut of the value of all the oil and whatever products pass through the strait?  That would bump up the price of oil noticeably...

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5 hours ago, davester said:

So he wants to take a 20% cut of the value of all the oil and whatever products pass through the strait?  That would bump up the price of oil noticeably...

Wild guess. Judging by past  moves like making NATO members paying more for defense. This is a ploy to get surrounding countries to step up and defend the strait after Iran is basically in ashes. I have a feeling that beneath the surface there’s a movement for regime change. The players are growing in numbers. Chances were given and not taken. Changes are in the air. 

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