Large Earthquakes Devastate Venezuela || Bonus Video
A pair of devastating earthquakes have struck the South American state of Venezuela. It is far too early to have meaningful damage assessments, but preliminary information looks horrific.
For the rest of the world, it now has to consider coping without Persian gulf, or Russian, or Venezuelan oil, more or less at the same time.
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Comments (19)
Who was it that said he is going to 'run' Venezuela? Now it's the time for him to put the money where his mouth is, but I highly doubt he would lift a finger.
If only they had millions of laborers to rebuild. Ohh, right... they're in the US, mowing lawns for home owners.
it would be great if map of Venezuela with landmarks that you are describing would be displayed on the video. Not being familiar with that part of the country, I had to switch tabs and research myself, which is distracting from a viewer's perspective.
I've been collating some of the geology information. It seems likely that the JAAC primary terminal and easter pipelines are intact. The western Amuay Bay piplines and terminal may take some damage (given their poor repair state), but should be alright. The issue is the El Palito refinery and oil pipeline, as well as the gas pipelines through the Moron area. My guess is that they're all gone. They were very close to the epicenter, sitting on soils subject to liquefaction. That refinery and infrastructure is actually what serves Caracas and the high-population domestic centers with fuel. So effectively, the earthquakes likely destroyed the Venezuelan domestic fuel supply in the capital and critical industrial regions. Alternates are not ideally positioned, and have maintenance issues. In the mid-term, if the core populated areas of Venezuela are going to get fuel, it's probably going to have to come as refined product from the United States.
Wow, thank you for the post. I enjoyed the detail and extra information. Thank you.
Seeing we have pretty much ticked off the world, the US needs to get its response to this disaster right. Hopefully Rubio gets put over it.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000t7zp/map
…and surprise, surprise: climate breakdown is not only melting glaciers — it may also be waking up the ground beneath them. As massive ice loss lifts enormous weight from glacier-covered regions, the Earth’s crust rebounds upward, increasing stress along faults and plate margins. This can lead to more friction, more instability, and potentially more earthquakes.
The planet, as a whole, is buckling under the strain...
I love hearing your hummingbirds, Peter
Those cities turned to ruin overnight.....
They actually did a lot better than I would have expected since Maduro's fall to increase oil output. It has almost doubled in that time. That's better than Peter predicted, or than I would have guessed. It probably also means that the infrastructure is kludged together quickly, which means it's more vulnerable to these kinds of shocks.
RRG keep posting. It’s nice to have insightful comments.
You are saying the Persian Gulf is still offline for oil exports but the main press outlets are reporting that 20 million barrels have transited in the last few days and oil prices are at pre war levels How do you square this with your predictions that it would many months or quarters for oil production and exports thru the gulf to resume?
There were a lot of full VLCCs that were stuck in the Gulf... pretty much every crude carrier that was stuck was filled to the brim. They have now "escaped", especially the Iranian dark fleet ships. With Iranian sanctions lifted, they were the first to make a run for it. So there's been a one-time surge of stuck oil out. That's not the same as a return to full production or shipping. It's also good to remember that Peter makes an entertaining / engaging case for things by overstating / overclaiming in many cases. He's a generalist highlighting bigger trends; he's not an expert in specific fields or situations.
Global warming bad (previous video). High oil prices bad (this video)
There is more than one way to fight a war. 1) Hard power - the sexy jets, drones, tanks, missiles, and ships that most people like to talk about. 2) Soft power, which takes time and trust to develop. And 3) Food power, which I would argue is the most powerful of the three. This is a chance for food power to earn hearts and trust. Can the US get back to the most powerful tool we have had over the last 200 300 years? I hope so. 🍞🥩🍎
you mean feeding another population besides their own ? I doubt it
Talk about bad timing, or great opportunity depending on how you look at it...agnosticly praying for the Venezuelan people