It's asinine that gas prices are the one thing that might bring this fucker down ... but if that's what it takes...
this post was submitted on 12 Apr 2026
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I like the implication that midterms going blue could bring down gas prices.
a democratic majority in congress refusing to fund any further military operations could force a negotiated peace...
Oh... "Last" is the wrong word here.
Europe is about to start to get impacted. The USA will still not get impacted for another week or so. The current situation was never going to last.
Places are already getting impacted. Every smaller regional airport in the US is likely going to completely shut down at some point this summer unless the flow of oil around the world returns to normal in the next 2-3 weeks. The impact is already starting.
For example, my local airport already has seen Delta go down to one flight in and out per day when they usually have two. American will be going to one set of flights per day starting in May, down from three sets. United wont be far behind them, although they have significantly more flights in and out.
Europe is in the same boat and has said systemic fuel shortages will start, with no end in sight, on roughly the same time frame.
We will be lucky if airtravel only drops down to flights between major hubs. It could easily get bad enough that flights between major hubs are massively impacted as well. Thats what Europe is already talking about