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kleinbl00 · 3919 days ago · link · · parent · post: Carbon Crash, Solar Dawn

Times we could have done that:

1) Hitler's seizure of North Africa

2) Mossadegh's nationalization of AIOC/BP

3) The Saudi oil embargo of 1973

4) The fall of the Shah/Tehran hostage crisis

5) The Persian Gulf War

6) The Iraq War

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b_b · 3919 days ago · link ·

Haha. Yeah, it's a total fantasy. Ironically, the Iraq War was supposed to bring us more oil. Remember how the $2 billion that we would have to spend on the war was an investment that would be paid off by oil revenue within 6 months? Oh man, sometimes it's fun to reminisce.

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