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Lumpy-Ad-2103 t1_jdl13nb wrote

The majority of new oil imports to India are actually going by tanker from the Baltic ports. This is all of the oil from West of the Ural Mountains. That is the oil that lost its European markets and had to find a new buyer.

India has no interest in “removing” the US as a dominant power. India is part of “The Quad” and their geopolitical goals seem to be fairly aligned with US interests in south east Asia/south China sea.

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phoenix1984 t1_jdl0rz8 wrote

It’s tritium. Jesus we need to stop with these dramatic headlines. You’ll get more radiation damage just walking outside for an hour in the summer.

Living close to a coal power plant has waaay more radiation than this. Fun fact, it’d be uniquely economical and convenient to convert retiring coal plants to nuclear. Trick is, coal plants aren’t regulated for radioactive exposure and waste. As soon as we convert these the nuclear regulation kick in. They’re waaay over the tolerable limit for a nuclear energy reactor but coal plants get a pass.

People are overly paranoid of nuclear energy and not paranoid enough when it comes to coal and oil.

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Lumpy-Ad-2103 t1_jdl0anv wrote

This isn’t just India’s stance. It’s a loophole that was more than likely intentional.

One of the key points of this strategy is that we can’t afford for ~10 million barrels of Russian oil to leave the market without serious consequences. On top of that much of Russia’s oil would likely be shut down for years if they have to turn off production. This would result in substantial rises in energy costs, huge energy shortages in many developing countries, massive supply chain disruptions and, possibly most importantly, would likely drive a huge wedge into the coalition that is supporting Ukraine.

I don’t know if this is the best option available, but there are so many consequences to just shutting them out that I don’t think that’s the best option either.

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Lumpy-Ad-2103 t1_jdl05cm wrote

One of the key points of this strategy is that we can’t afford for ~10 million barrels of Russian oil to leave the market without serious consequences. On top of that much of Russia’s oil would likely be shut down for years if they have to turn off production. This would result in substantial rises in energy costs, huge energy shortages in many developing countries, massive supply chain disruptions and, possibly most importantly, would likely drive a huge wedge into the coalition that is supporting Ukraine.

I don’t know if this is the best option available, but there are so many consequences to just shutting them out that I don’t think that’s the best option either.

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