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26.03.2021, 18:05
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26.03.2021, 20:40
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I don't think it'll take weeks to clear - that range is from the CEO of the salvage company, so it's the equivalent of when a garage tries to tell you the car needs a complete overhaul and not just the pads changed.
But it does highlight the vulnerability of oil as a fuel.
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26.03.2021, 20:41
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It's been going up for months, so nothing new.
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26.03.2021, 20:48
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Freight rates are though the roof obviously, not just on tankers but also on containers which were already high. Seeing how narrow the (extended) canal is in relation to 400m long ships, it is actually surprising how rare problems like this are. All things considered, the Suez Canal Authority is probably the most professional outfit in all of Egypt.
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26.03.2021, 20:50
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| Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | Looking forward to it. Less traffic  | | This user groans at Axa for this post: | |
26.03.2021, 20:56
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Gives the Chinese "New silk road" a real boost.
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26.03.2021, 20:57
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| Quote: | | | | | Looking forward to it. Less traffic | | | | | Not in Switzerland - who really looks at the cost of fuel as a factor in using their car?
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26.03.2021, 21:08
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Actually! There was an alternative plan in the 60s. But it never got done. https://www.businessinsider.nl/the-u...nuclear-bombs/ |
26.03.2021, 21:19
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| Quote: | | | | | | | | | | Is this a joke? 520 nukes? Would have turned Negev, Sinai and half of Jordan into glass.
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26.03.2021, 21:22
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| Quote: | | | | | It's been going up for months, so nothing new.
Tom | | | | | According to my Facebook feed, that is all Biden's fault. Don't ask me how talented the man must be to influence fuel prices in Europe, but apparently he's good...  | | The following 2 users would like to thank DantesDame for this useful post: | |
26.03.2021, 21:30
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| Quote: | | | | | According to my Facebook feed, that is all Biden's fault. Don't ask me how talented the man must be to influence fuel prices in Europe, but apparently he's good... | | | | | Dam! Could have sworn it was the time change.
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26.03.2021, 21:31
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| Quote: | | | | | Is this a joke? 520 nukes? Would have turned Negev, Sinai and half of Jordan into glass. | | | | | But at least the sides wouldn't have been sand so it wouldn't have got stuck.
And they could see where they are going because of the glow.
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27.03.2021, 01:50
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| Quote: | | | | | Gives the Chinese "New silk road" a real boost. | | | | | Never heard of cars running on silk.
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27.03.2021, 02:17
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| Quote: | | | | | Never heard of cars running on silk. | | | | | Ferrari 488
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27.03.2021, 08:52
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| Quote: | | | | | Never heard of cars running on silk. | | | | | Wot! Did you not know that Mercedes is working on a torsion rope drive made with silk?
Spin that sucker up at the Tanke and off you go.
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27.03.2021, 10:28
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| Quote: | | | | | Is this a joke? 520 nukes? Would have turned Negev, Sinai and half of Jordan into glass. | | | | | Would that have been a bad thing? 
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27.03.2021, 11:32
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You know from the start a plan is legit if it involves nuclear bombs.
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28.03.2021, 22:17
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| Quote: | | | | | Not in Switzerland - who really looks at the cost of fuel as a factor in using their car? | | | | | Yes, there are lovely 911s everywhere you look. But a good third of passenger cars in Switzerland use diesel as fuel.
These car owners and drivers presumably care about fuel prices. If not why buy a diesel in first place? Only for the D/diesel/turbo badge? |
29.03.2021, 07:56
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Doesn’t affect me because a) I don’t buy Chinese clothes or cheap kids toys b) I only eat fish and only locally caught c) I am very picky about products from Asia and try to support local industries d) I drive a Tesla so.... good luck!  |
29.03.2021, 08:50
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| Quote: | | | | | Doesn’t affect me because a) I don’t buy Chinese clothes or cheap kids toys b) I only eat fish and only locally caught c) I am very picky about products from Asia and try to support local industries d) I drive a Tesla so.... good luck! | | | | | You must feel really good about being such a model citizen.
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