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Global Energy Vulnerability Report — March 2026

Fix the Strait

Roughly a fifth of the world's oil squeezes through a 33km gap between Iran and Oman every single day. Surely we can do better. Right?

~17
Oil Tankers / Day
crude oil carriers (EIA est.)
21M
Barrels / Day
crude + products + LNG
33km
Width of Chaos
at narrowest point
Strait Anxiety Level™
ELEVATED CONCERN
BREAKING Iran threatens to close strait; strait threatens to close Iran back
UPDATE Google Maps reroutes global shipping through a Wendy's parking lot in Ohio
INTEL CIA accidentally Venmos Iran $400B with memo "strait stuff lol"
ALERT Oil barrel achieves sentience, refuses to transit strait "on principle"
ANALYSIS One weird trick to bypass the Strait of Hormuz (geologists HATE this)
REPORT Strait listed on Airbnb as "cozy chokepoint, stunning ocean views, no parking"
BREAKING Intern suggests "turning the strait off and on again," immediately promoted to Secretary of State
UPDATE Dolphins unionize, demand hazard pay before any strait patrol duties
INTEL UAE proposes renaming strait to "The Friendship Funnel," Iran leaves group chat
ALERT Oil CEO asks Siri how to bypass chokepoint, Siri suggests "take the I-95"
ANALYSIS Anonymous source confirms the strait is "still there" and "still narrow"
REPORT Elon announces "Strait Tunnel" — delivery date: 2019 (retroactively)
BREAKING Iran threatens to close strait; strait threatens to close Iran back
UPDATE Google Maps reroutes global shipping through a Wendy's parking lot in Ohio
INTEL CIA accidentally Venmos Iran $400B with memo "strait stuff lol"
ALERT Oil barrel achieves sentience, refuses to transit strait "on principle"
ANALYSIS One weird trick to bypass the Strait of Hormuz (geologists HATE this)
REPORT Strait listed on Airbnb as "cozy chokepoint, stunning ocean views, no parking"
BREAKING Intern suggests "turning the strait off and on again," immediately promoted to Secretary of State
UPDATE Dolphins unionize, demand hazard pay before any strait patrol duties
INTEL UAE proposes renaming strait to "The Friendship Funnel," Iran leaves group chat
ALERT Oil CEO asks Siri how to bypass chokepoint, Siri suggests "take the I-95"
ANALYSIS Anonymous source confirms the strait is "still there" and "still narrow"
REPORT Elon announces "Strait Tunnel" — delivery date: 2019 (retroactively)
Proposed Solutions

Strategic Options for Strait Mitigation

Each solution has been carefully evaluated by absolutely no one with relevant credentials.

01

Dig a Canal

Draw your own canal through the Arabian Peninsula. Click on the map and watch the budget evaporate.

Cost: You decide
Feasibility: Geological Nightmare
02

Just Ask Nicely

Send a polite diplomatic email to all parties. This is our third follow-up. Please RSVP.

Cost: 1 Stamp
Feasibility: Aggressively Optimistic
03

Aircraft Carrier Bridge

Park ~100 aircraft carriers side by side. Lay plywood. Drive trucks across. Click to deploy.

Cost: $1.16T
Feasibility: The Navy Said No
04

Drain the Strait

Just pump all the water out. Walk the oil across the seabed. Only 31.4 trillion gallons to go.

Cost: $∞+
Feasibility: Hydrologically Insane
05

Giant Trebuchet

Build a medieval siege weapon large enough to yeet oil barrels across 33km at Mach 1.7.

Cost: $LOL
Feasibility: Geneva Convention
06

Physically Move Iran

Use tectonic engineering to relocate Iran somewhere less inconvenient. ETA: 200 million years.

Cost: Incalculable
Feasibility: Geological Fantasy
07

Operation Krazy Straw

A covert underwater pipeline disguised as a very large drinking straw. Iran must never know.

Cost: $80B+
Feasibility: Classified
08

Train the Dolphins

Expand the US Navy Marine Mammal Program. Strap a barrel to each dolphin. 21 million of them.

Cost: $2.1T/yr
Feasibility: Dolphins Said No
09

CrudeCoin™

Tokenize every barrel of oil as an NFT. Ship it as data. The oil stays in the ground. You own the JPEG.

Cost: The planet
Feasibility: Already rugpulled