Hacker news

  • Top
  • New
  • Past
  • Ask
  • Show
  • Jobs

Iran attack wipes out 17% of Qatar's LNG capacity for up to five years (https://www.reuters.com)

46 points by m-hodges 2 days ago | 39 comments | View on ycombinator

roughly 2 days ago |

There is a reason why no US president in the last 40 years has gone through with the fantasy of attacking Iran. When even George W. Bush decides against a war, it means something.

kylehotchkiss 2 days ago |

Ugh. my heart goes out to all the people in south and Southeast Asia who are now going to be paying substantially more for gas to heat up their food.

whyage 2 days ago |

I wonder what the overall effect of this war will be on global warming. If you put together the awful pollution caused by the battle itself and the reduced oil and gas production that follows, it could be a net benefit. Sure, it's a sarcastic pov, but I'm trying to cling to the positive here so be nice.

juliusceasar 2 days ago |

Stop spreading nonsense. Israel is behind all this. Only ones to blames. Whatever Iran does is justified.

fuzzfactor 2 days ago |

In the words of the Qatari Energy Minister;

"I never in my wildest dreams would have thought that Qatar would be - Qatar and the region - in such an attack, especially from a brotherly Muslim country in the month of Ramadan, attacking us in this way,"

That's enough of a display of true leadership to put the ones in the US, Iran, and Israel to complete shame like absolute garbage just because of how bad they need to be thrown out.

blurbleblurble 2 days ago |

If you haven't already, look what Pete Hegseth (whose mother disowned him) had to say to the top US commanders about sparking armageddon. This is ultimate bullshit. Cosplaying assholes with captain hook style hangups.