>which countries produce the most oil, or have large oil reserves?
<US, Gulf, Iran, Venezuela, Russia, Canada, Nigeria, Libya
>which countries need lots of oil but cant produce them enough by themselves, making them dependent on foreign oil
<EU, India, Indonesia, Japan etc, a.k.a geopolitically important poles
So countries that produce oil have leverage over the large oil-less countries.
>what else is special about oil?
<It's one of the last major profit centers in capitalism because its profitability is not affected by SNLT, its a monopolized commodity
>what is happening to oil demand
<Entering a period of secular decline due to EVs, solar, wind, batteries, green ammonia, organic plastic replacements
So this means oil producing nations are going to both lose profits AND leverage over the rest of the world over the next few decades
>what would be the rational response of oil producing nations to this
<take out competition so you can take a bigger share of a shrinking pie
Libya - rekt
Nigeria - getting rekt by sectarianism
Iran - massive damage to oil industry, made them self-own their future customer prospects by blockading Hormuz, customers will now deleverage themselves from Iran
Gulf - US war made Iran attack and weaken Gulf oil industry
Venezuela - in the process of getting glowned by USA
Canada - US making noises about invasion, but likely will just replace Carney with a puppet
Russia - Rekt by US making them fall for retarded trap war, Ukraine bombing Russian refineries as we speak
Europe - rekt by sanctions on Russian oil and making them more dependent on US oil/gas
India - US removed Iran oil, sanctions on Russian oil, now increasingly dependent on US oil/gas and Guyanese oil (Guyana is new US colony)
Japan - Same as India
Murica plays its cards well.
>>2822942
It's not the US thats gonna get a famine. it's the Global South. Famine would delay their industrialization and reduce their competitiveness with US industry. Another win for Uncle Sam.
>>2822949
Are you ready to shoot your fellow Albertans when they join US forces?
>>2822954I hope alberta leaves, whatever infighting of the bourgesisie that happens makes me happy
>>2822938<It's one of the last major profit centers in capitalism because its profitability is not affected by SNLT, its a monopolized commoditychat, is this true?
>>2823065
it's not "worth fighting for" it is just the objective emerging material conditions resulting from the decline of US hegemony
>>2823062>They say the proletariat has no nation? Well neither does the bourgeoisie! MUAHAHAHAUnironically an incredibly hard quote. Did you come up with it yourself?
Isn't Russia making a shit ton of money from the Iran war though
>>2823331You mean the Iran war that is dying down now that the objective of hurting both Iran and Gulf oil industries was achieved? Oil futures have gone back down to $90.
All Iran had to do was not attack Gulf and direct all missiles to Israel. But they didn't because these "anti imperialist" are either retarded or ruled by puppets of USA.
>>2822938Personally, I have a conspiracy theory that a lot of transphobia and anti-abortion sentiment is motivated by the highway lobby wanting to squash research into pediatric endocrinology/endocrine-disrupting chemicals that cause autism and birth defects (that may motivate abortions). Also if fuel consumption is going to go down then you have to go into plastics manufacturing and a bunch of other uses for petroleum.
>>2823313Yes but I seriously doubt I am the first to say it. It sounds so obvious in hindsight.
>>2823366>that cause autism and birth defects (that may motivate abortions).can you even screen for autism in a fetus? I don't think you can. only birth defects.
>>2823424I worded it wrong. You can't screen for autism and you can only really screen for the biggest and obvious birth defects.
Nuke amerikkans