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Old 02-28-2006, 04:33 PM   #22
Undertoad
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Up at the upper right is the Strait of Hormuz. 17 billion gallons of oil per year must be shipped through that 21-mile wide section of water with Iran to the north. The shipping route is skinnier than that, only about a mile wide. The destination of that oil is the US, Japan, and western Europe.
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