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SilentR0b t1_iujiwik wrote

Reply to comment by dante662 in New England Utility Urges Biden to Declare Emergency to Avoid Fuel Shortage by Nobiting

Maybe I'm too cynical but I just have that feeling even if we repeal the act, they'll still keep the prices $$.

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dante662 t1_iujkf0q wrote

You immediately gain economies of scale. The massive international cargo haulers can suddenly stop at Puerto Rico on the way to Miami.

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Instead we have to unload the cargo from the supermax ships, reload it onto tiny american merchant ships, then sail it back to the island. Not only does this add costs because of delays (it can add weeks to delivery times) but unnecessarily burns fuel.

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You can also send emergency supplies much easier. In fact one of the reasons PR keeps getting insane delays on supplies after storms is because the government has to wait until the feds temporarily waive the jones act to send help, because we have effectively no merchant marine anymore.

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Skippypal t1_iujk2ye wrote

Basically what big oil is doing with gas currently.

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