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Botany

(78,149 posts) Wed Jun 17, 2026, 10:54 AM Yesterday

One factor that is guaranteed to keep the price of oil higher and the resulting price of gas higher is that .... [View all]

….. Iran is now gonna be charging a fee on every ship that goes through the Strait of Hormuz.
I don’t know if this is true but I heard the fee is gonna be $2 million per ship.

Trump

Iran was not charging a fee before Trump’s Epstein War.

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One factor that is guaranteed to keep the price of oil higher and the resulting price of gas higher is that .... [View all] Botany Yesterday OP

As long a s The Trump Family gets a cut it will be all good. dem4decades Yesterday #1

A VLCC can hold about 2 million barrels of crude oil VMA131Marine Yesterday #2

It used to be free passage. flying rabbit Yesterday #3

We have an idiot for a president VMA131Marine Yesterday #4

No argument from me. flying rabbit Yesterday #5

Before Trump started this unneeded war a top U.S. Admiral called Keating or something like that told Botany Yesterday #6

As oil goes down, China will start refilling its Johonny Yesterday #7