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maxsolomon

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16. Fatih, the term "Dire Straits" preceded the band.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:28 PM

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Europe could run out of jet fuel in 6 weeks, IEA chief tells AP [View all] BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago OP

Meanwhile, DJ is thoroughly loving the chaos he's creating. littlemissmartypants 22 hrs ago #1

Krasnov wants them forced to go buy Russian oil. Justice matters. 17 hrs ago #20

It's already starting. boonecreek 22 hrs ago #2

Damn it! EuterpeThelo 21 hrs ago #4

Impact on World Cup??? Tiny Tabby 21 hrs ago #3

Well, it will give Trump an excuse for people not showing up because Trump is an insane ass. Attilatheblond 18 hrs ago #17

Well maybe the SS United States can be restored before it is sunk and used to transport soccer fans 3Hotdogs 7 hrs ago #32

So where do they get their oil? Isn't their petroleum supply chain diversified? Aren't the UK and Norway oil producers? ChicagoTeamster 21 hrs ago #5

You still need refineries for that oil BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago #6

I know, but the nations buying the oil have their own refineries and can do necessary tweaking to handle different crude ChicagoTeamster 21 hrs ago #8

"can do necessary tweaking to handle different crude" BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago #9

I have a physics degree but took a year of organic chemistry and yes I know the apparatus are complex ChicagoTeamster 20 hrs ago #10

The oil industry likes it this way Miguelito Loveless 20 hrs ago #14

Remember that many around the world BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago #15

Catch is everyone is doing just enough to max short term profits IbogaProject 13 hrs ago #26

You can't "tweek" a refinery Miguelito Loveless 20 hrs ago #12

It takes a lot more than a "tweak" to refine different weights of oil Callie1979 17 hrs ago #19

I was just using tweak as a term, I was implying that if they had to they could reengineer, ChicagoTeamster 16 hrs ago #21

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Everything Trump touches! Initech 20 hrs ago #13

I think it's deliberate durablend 15 hrs ago #22

That's what I think too. Haggard Celine 11 hrs ago #28

Hegseth will just order the troops to pray harder at his daily prayer meetings. PSPS 20 hrs ago #11

Fatih, the term "Dire Straits" preceded the band. maxsolomon 18 hrs ago #16

One of the causes of WWII in the Pacific BidenRocks 17 hrs ago #18

Well, maybe the world will be cleaner without all that jet fuel burning. SidneyR 14 hrs ago #23

The same goes for all the cars and all the houses heated with oil. maxsolomon 14 hrs ago #24

I'd read the warning that airplanes all over were likely to be grounded very soon because of the war. summer_in_TX 13 hrs ago #25

Jet fuel comes in different grades pfitz59 13 hrs ago #27

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