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UncleOxidantyesterday at 11:32 PM4 repliesview on HN

Who mentioned 80%?

During the 1973–74 Arab oil embargo, the disruption removed approximately 4.5 million barrels per day (mb/d) from the market, which constituted about 7% of the global oil supply at the time. This disruption significantly impacted global supplies.

20% is a lot more than 7%. This could be worse than 1973-74. As a 10year-old in 1973 I remember spending a lot of time in the backseat of the station wagon as we were waiting line line for gas.

For context, during the first COVID spring (March-June 2020) oil demand fell by 20%. Because nobody was driving or flying anywhere. That's what it took to cut 20%.


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kvujtoday at 1:30 AM

And yet we are a lot more globalized than in the 1970s. Ressources can be diverted at a much quicker rate with a lot more agility.

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1718627440today at 11:46 AM

Somebody probably has another virus in stock. /s

poopinurmouthyesterday at 11:55 PM

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