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The Gulf is America’s energy shock absorber

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The Gulf is America’s energy shock absorber

Blaze Media · Oct 10, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC

The war with Iran has exposed the value of energy abundance. When a major shipping route goes down, domestic supply and reliable infrastructure buy a country room to maneuver. Before the conflict, roughly one-fifth of global petroleum liquids moved through the Strait of Hormuz. Its disruption became the largest oil-supply shock on record .…