Here’s my idea for ending the “Hormuz Bottleneck:
As it stands:
Kim’s Two-Canal Solution:
…construction thereof to be funded by a simple per-barrel fee assessed against all those nations who currently get their oil from the Persian Gulf (i.e. not the United States).
Much easier to just double the number of pipes in Saudi Arabia East-West bypass pipeline and in UAE’s bypass pipeline. Look to see both countries build that out post-war.
The real problem is the LNG and fertilizer plant in Qatar. That’s harder to work around, as the physical plant represents immense investment. Just repairing the 2 damaged LNG lines (of 12 total) is expected to cost $20 billion and take 3 to 5 years.
I weonder: by the time they’ve finished building those canals would the oil have run out?
I say we declare part of Iran a DMZ and enforce it so that they cannot strike ships in the Straight of Hormuz.