Russia will dispatch its first tanker with diesel for the United States on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said, according to the Vedomosti news outlet, after a deal with Donald Trump.
Russia lifted its self-imposed ban on diesel exports on October 9, introduced to tackle domestic shortages triggered by Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries, after reaching the deal with Trump to supply diesel to global markets.
Novak said on Wednesday the vessel will carry 40,000 metric tons of the fuel, adding that the paperwork on the fuel supply is nearing its completion, according to media reports. He did not name the port from which the cargo will be delivered.
Hopefully they don’t use up all of the diesel just to get it there.
Traitor president makes pointless deal with America’s enemy to boost midterm odds.
The spit in the ocean amount of diesel that Russia is sending us prior to the election to paste over the GOP tanking of the economy will hopefully not work. Fuck Putin and fuck Trump and all his myopic cronies.
It won’t work. This isn’t winning anybody. It won’t affect prices and people hate it, even a lot of conservatives.
Yeah, I really don’t think people grasp the scale of the numbers here.
40,000 tonnes is about 300,000 barrels. The US uses, in a day, about 3.5 to 4.5 million barrels. This is less than 10% of one day of consumption.
Saw another post saying it was 2 hours worth of Diesel.
And if the corporate media didn’t want to make every election into a horse race for ratings, they may have chosen to say that part front and center. The whole thing is such a ridiculous PR facade. EDIT: Forgive me if there are corporate media entities that are centering the reporting on this story as such, but I have not seen it.
It won’t change prices at all.
But it gives them a working premise that eventually enough will come to effect prices.
What’s really going to hurt is harvesting, because many states opened up red diesel for red use already. One of the big reason it’s separated from the rest of the supply is to control prices. When there’s less, the price goes up. They can’t counter that without buying more diesel, dying it red, and selling at a loss.
This is just the thiniest excuse for people to ignore this one issue and still vote Republican.
It’s a total desperation move.
Venezuela could do the funniest thing right now.
Sooo half a days worth??? Ooh that’ll definitely help diesel prices out. Might just drop a whole 10 cents
2 hours worth
Think it was more about being a traitor and giving Daddy Putin some war money so Daddy Putin doesn’t release tapes of Trump raping children in Russia.
The US uses, typically, over 200,000 tons of diesel every day - to give everyone an idea of what Trump sells our allies out for.
Actually it’s between about 400,000 and 600,000 depending on the time of year.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320482/monthly-us-diesel-consumption/
(Chart measures in barrels, my tonnage numbers there are a rough conversion)
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I chose the lowest consumption rate I could find. Even at that rate, they’re sending 20% of one day with this first shipment. And as far as I know, the total amounts agreed upon would only cover a day or two.
This is honestly deeply embarrassing Trump weakness to anyone but his MAGA acolytes.
It’s called Quid Pro Quo folks.
America is like a crack addict but with oil. Break into your house and steal your shit. Rob people on the street. Lie, cheat, extort, and murder to get it. And sell out friends and step on friends in need to get it.
If I were a little younger and a little closer I’d seriously consider some Greenpeace-level civil disobedience against this tanker
Given that the UK has been siezing any and all oil tankers coming out of Russia, they have the opportunity to do the funniest thing right now.
Britain has siezed one tanker, and assisted France with siezing one other. I think Russia may have more than two.
They won’t though, they’re mega cucked to the US (unless that suddenly changed under the new guy but I’d imagine not).
Considering how hard the Ukraine has been hitting Russia’s oil infrastructure, who wants to bet it’s oil from Iran?
Please don’t call them “the Ukraine”. It’s old Russian phrasing that subtly delegitimizes them as an independent country.
Hot rickety, sweet Jesus! Slap my arse and call me Bertie!
