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2018-07-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran prompts China anger over threat to block Strait of Hormuz oil exports

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Posted by Fred 2018-07-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 China at the mercy of ME oil ticks. There is hope.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2018-07-07 02:04|| 2018-07-07 02:04|| Front Page Top

#2 I have great hope for success with China building Russian reactors in Iran.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-07-07 02:16|| 2018-07-07 02:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Then again China could use one of it's traditional methods of influence....Poison or Nail through the skull.

Posted by Bugs Thud4877 2018-07-07 02:23|| 2018-07-07 02:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Hmm, le Wiki says Iran had about 400 power plants in 2012. Looking at the list, a lot of them are pretty small - under a 100 MW.

(cue Rod Serling voice)
Imagine, if you will, a future where the Straits of Hormuz are closed by the wreckage of two super-tankers and most of the Iranian Navy, where every power plant in Iran's ten largest cities is smoking rubble...

Posted by SteveS 2018-07-07 02:30|| 2018-07-07 02:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Doesn’t China have any oil of its own? Natural gas?

Posted by Betty Hatfield5124 2018-07-07 06:33|| 2018-07-07 06:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Doesn’t China have any oil of its own? Natural gas?

They have a lot of coal that they already mine, but are gradually switching to Natural Gas for power production. They have a lot of that too, but it costs them more to extract in any large amount than they can buy it for elsewhere.

They do have oil but again, it costs them more to extract in quantity than they can buy it.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2018-07-07 08:09|| 2018-07-07 08:09|| Front Page Top

#7 and Nork coal

Posted by Frank G 2018-07-07 08:14|| 2018-07-07 08:14|| Front Page Top

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