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bucolic_frolic

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1. Rationing by price and panic

Reply to Coldwater (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2026, 11:28 AM

Mar 30

If the supply is not sufficient, it's not a sufficient supply. You can sell it at $1,000 a barrel, it doesn't change the amount available.

A potential massive energy shortage is aimed at the global economy. No one wins this war.

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Analysts prepared for $200 oil as some gas prices set to cross $6 a gallon [View all] Coldwater Mar 30 OP

Rationing by price and panic bucolic_frolic Mar 30 #1

Not looking good Coldwater Mar 30 #2

It is over $6.00 a gallon CountAllVotes Mar 30 #3