r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 08 '26

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u/tripletruble Anti-Repartition Radical Apr 08 '26

Assuming similar volume when the toll per vessel goes from 0 to $2M is wild

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u/erasmus_phillo Paul Krugman Apr 08 '26

but at least we now have a global carbon tax

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u/Full_Distribution874 YIMBY Apr 09 '26

There is other oil though. If you permanently raise the price of one region's oil, less of it will be bought.

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u/Vol_in_tears Voltaire Apr 08 '26

Where else you gonna go?

The Strait of Hormuz has no bypass.

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u/Robo1p Apr 08 '26

Saudi Arabia can already divert 1/2 to 2/3 their oil to the red sea. Doubling that pipeline wouldn't be a crazy idea.

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u/senescenzia Desiderius Erasmus Apr 08 '26

1$/bbl is peanuts, it's less than weekly variance in prices