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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat<br>Sent: Friday, 5 June, 2026 12:34 PM<br>To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><br>Cc: Adrian Tymes <atymes@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [ExI] Legendary Battleship was diamandis commentary</p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 2:10 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>>… Secondary effects: increased oil prices remind the planet that the strait is a single point failure which must be dealt with. The high price of oil enables development of alternative forms of energy, as well as incentivizing domestic oil production. So, let’s get on with it, set up nuclear and coal plants, develop natural gas sources, install wind and solar in those places where it pays, get moving.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>…Unfortunately, this increase is transitory. It would need to be reliably sustained for many years to make it clear that those new plants will in fact pay off. So, no, this doesn't even help much on that front.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Ja I saw the price was off a bit today. But it is high enough to restart idle US-based wells and keep the pipelines under construction. Once those are in place, that Hormuz vulnerability is in the past.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><img border=0 width=371 height=428 style='width:3.8645in;height:4.4583in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DCF4E8.F004F900"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Even if oil drops back to 60, construction of the pipelines will likely continue, because of investment already in place and to reduce vulnerability to hostiles.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>extropy-chat mailing list<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>