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World politics
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
5 hours ago

The reason the Middle East has so much oil is the same reason it's all stuck there now

The Strait of Hormuz's narrow geography results from tectonic plate collision that simultaneously created the Persian Gulf and trapped massive hydrocarbon deposits beneath it.
World politics
fromFast Company
2 days ago

Trump assaulted renewable energy. Now America is more vulnerable to Iran fossil fuel shocks

Trump's policies favoring fossil fuels over renewables have increased U.S. vulnerability to geopolitical energy shocks, as demonstrated by Iran conflict-driven oil price spikes and gas price surges.
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