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The Iran War Drained the Largest Oil Reserve in History to Keep One Price Calm. In July, It Ran Dry.
How an emergency oil buffer stopped guarding supply and started guarding the price.
Earlier Chapters
The Index
№ 2
Hiroshima: The Bomb With Two Audiences
The world was told the blast ended a war. In truth, it announced the next one.
№ 3
Everyone Is Watching the Return to the Moon. Nobody Is Watching What We're Going Back For.
We never lost the Moon. We stopped paying for it, and what is pulling us back is not what you are being told.
№ 4
Everyone Is Watching Israel, Iran, Russia and Ukraine. Nobody Is Watching the Interceptor They All Run Out Of.
The weapon no longer decides the war. The cost of stopping it does.
№ 5
Everyone Is Watching the Price of Oil. Nobody Is Watching Who Is Paying to Keep It Down.
The strait is calm and oil is cheap. The calm is bought, by four buffers quietly running out.