re: Europe could run out of jet fuel in 6 weeks

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Why would they spend 50 years buying their primary source of petroleum from a nation that chants "death to America"

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They haven’t.

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We are the number 1 producer of jet fuel...have we been taken out?

Of those, I can see S Korea and China struggling getting stock. But why say the top 3 have been knocked out?

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I read the article.

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How dare you

It is NPR, naturally. Surprised they didn't mention Trump/Jesus meme in the article.

Regardless, you are correct. We make produce far more than any other country. But most of our production is domestic and the article is talking about exporting, and IIRC, we export half of what the #1 country does, S Korea annually.



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One, the Persian Gulf is home to many refineries that make jet fuel and export it around the world. The disruption at the strait is blocking that finished product from making it to market.

And two, crude oil from the Gulf — the unprocessed stuff — is typically shipped to refineries around the world, including to significant producers of jet fuel in Asia. The near-closure of the strait is blocking that raw material too.

The finished product and the raw material are both feeling supply shocks. "It's really a double whammy," Shaw says.

To put the scale of this disruption into perspective: The top three global exporters of jet fuel are China, South Korea and Kuwait. China has banned exports of jet fuel and South Korea has had to cut back on production, in both cases because they can't get enough crude to make it. And Kuwait can make jet fuel just fine — but can't send it anywhere.

That's the three top global suppliers of aviation fuel, all essentially knocked out of business simultaneously.

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captainFid

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I actually went back to the NPR article after I posted and saw the "exporter" and was sitting here hoping no one would call me out on it.

Have an upvote.

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I actually went back to the NPR article after I posted and saw the "exporter" and was sitting here hoping no one would call me out on it.

Have an upvote.

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Absolutely not my intentions.

First, I wish the article were clearer.
Second, I hoped it helped others know.

Finally, your statement was correct... we outproduce by large margins, as you know, something like 1.5 million barrels / day, almost a million more that Korea.

Aviation industry, including some trains and ships, which run on jet fuel, and military go buurr.

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To put the scale of this disruption into perspective: The top three global exporters of jet fuel are China, South Korea and Kuwait. China has banned exports of jet fuel and South Korea has had to cut back on production, in both cases because they can't get enough crude to make it. And Kuwait can make jet fuel just fine — but can't send it anywhere.

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if Europe really is in danger of running out of jet fuel it sounds like the problem is that they do not refine enough of the stuff domestically. Which sounds an awful lot like their energy problem where they were heavily reliant on Russian energy production.

Europe has ignored critical industrial and energy production in favor of green energy and stupid social/cultural shite for decades. It is our future as well as so many in our country worship the intellectual stupidity of Brussels.

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I have a big trip to Greece in 

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Not to derail, but where and how long?

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if Europe really is in danger of running out of jet fuel it sounds like the problem is that they do not refine enough of the stuff domestically. Which sounds an awful lot like their energy problem where they were heavily reliant on Russian energy production.

Europe has ignored critical industrial and energy production in favor of green energy and stupid social/cultural shite for decades. It is our future as well as so many in our country worship the intellectual stupidity of Brussels.

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Is it really ignoring or is it just cheaper and more realistic to import finished product since they do not have the raw materials to make it. Or at least very few European countries have oil.

They don’t need to fly….

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Is it really ignoring or is it just cheaper and more realistic to import finished product since they do not have the raw materials to make it. Or at least very few European countries have oil.

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Their reliance on Russian oil was certainly a choice, so "ignore" might the wrong word, but they chose wind and solar over coal and oil - hence they found themselves in the weird position of buying more Russian energy then they were funding Ukraine's defense.
i am not sure about their history of jet fuel production - but Europe produce far more oil than S. Korea - and the latter is a net exporter of jet fuel.

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Was Europe running out of jet fuel before the US and Israel attacked Iran?

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No, they were pretty cozy with the terrorists.

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Why would they assist someone who disrupted their oil

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Since they are too weak to stop us, assisting us to reduce the length of the disruption would be the smart move.

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attempting them into a years-long military operation without proper pre planning

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It's not a years long operation, drama queen

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An ally who has been issuing tariffs on them for the past year, to add.

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The allies who have prevented our goods from being sold there or have put higher tariffs on us for decades?

Why are you so willing to ignore how our "allies" have treated us?

Trump now has you people supporting foreigners over your own country. Being that emotional is pathetic.