Empty Supertankers Racing to America — The Strait of Hormuz Story Nobody’s Telling You
A wave of empty VLCCs — Very Large Crude Carriers — is converging on the US Gulf Coast right now. Not because America won the energy war. Because the Strait of Hormuz is still functionally closed, 800+ ships are stranded, Iran is charging $2 million per transit in crypto, and the Vance-Iran talks in Islamabad just collapsed after 21 hours without a deal. The world isn’t choosing American oil. It’s the only option left. Game Theory Today breaks down what the tanker traffic actually tells you about where this is headed.
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Eric Garland is a career intelligence analyst sanctioned by Vladimir Putin in 2022 alongside three CIA directors. His 2016 Game Theory Thread was named by the New York Times as one of the 25 most important tweets in history. He is the author of Future, Inc. (AMACOM, 2007) and How to Predict the Future…and WIN!
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