Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 23/04/20263/10 Claim: Iran has about 2 weeks of oil storage → then collapse. Oversimplified to the point of being wrong. Storage isn’t one tank: Onshore storage Offshore storage Floating (tankers) storage Production can be slowed. Flows can be redirected. Painful ≠ terminal. 180
Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 23/04/20264/10 Claim: Oil disruption → military can’t be paid. Assumes a Western financial model. Iran has: Sanctions-era workarounds Barter systems IRGC embedded in the economy This isn’t a normal “payroll stops, system collapses” scenario. 180
Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 23/04/20265/10 Claim: Fuel shortages → immediate unrest → regime falls. Iran has lived with: Rationing Shortages Sanctions Pressure builds. It doesn’t instantly break the system. If anything, external pressure often hardens internal control. 180