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The Energy Lockdown Has Started

The war in Iran didnโ€™t just block a shipping lane. It started dismantling the infrastructure the world runs on.

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The initial expectation, in the first days after the Strait of Hormuz closed, was that the disruption would last a week, maybe two. Markets would tighten, prices would spike, diplomats would find an off-ramp, and the global energy system would resume its ordinary, polluting hum.

That expectation has now imploded, and how fast it did only reveals somethinโ€ฆ

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