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Epstein: Keeping Strait of Hormuz open is only truly effective oil fix
“So high level, open the Strait of Hormuz. That's the only thing that really works. Then you can talk about Saudi mid-East spare capacity, our emergency capacity, and IEA emergency capacity, and then below that you have Canada Jones Act and US production.”
Epstein: Mining supply chains for electrification require substantial oil consumption
“And by the way, guess what? You need a lot of oil to even get that whole supply chain started because you need the mine.”
Epstein: Mobile drone launchers present a harder defense challenge than fixed installations
“The drone thing is just a total game changer, because you can have a small vehicle, you can launch one of these, you know, shot heads out of the back of a truck, they can go really far, and that's a lot harder to deal with than a fixed installation.”