The emissions open a new window into the conflict’s growing #carbon footprint, revealing how greenhouse gases can spike when #fossilfuel infrastructure is targeted. When #LNG can’t be exported or used, operators either burn it off or vent it into the atmosphere, releasing #CO2 or even more potent #methane, at levels detectable by satellites.
The Oil Dimension
#StraitofHormuz blockade is a major consequence that benefits certain actors:
Who Benefits from High Oil Prices?
+ #US oil producers (#shale oil becomes more profitable at higher prices)
+ #Russia
Who Loses?
- #China (imports ~70% of its oil, heavily dependent on Middle Eastern)
- #India (similar energy import dependency)
- #Europe (energy-dependent on imports)
- #Japan and #SouthKorea (#LNG importers)
- #SaudiArabia and Gulf states (can not sell oil)




