The cost of crude oil affects everything from the price of food at the supermarket to how much it costs to fill up your car.
  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
    32·
    17 days ago

    Iran may close the Strait of Hormuz, while Yemen could shut the Bab al-Mandeb.

    That would destabilize global energy markets in a hurry, and the west would go into economic tailspin as a result.

    • oxjox@lemmy.mlEnglish
      192·
      18 days ago

      The laziness of the average person continues to amaze me. You’ve chosen to ask and wait for the answer to a question which could have been answered by reading the article you’ve commented on. “Why” is the reason journalists pen these articles.