"This is, of course, assuming that any Chinese stats or derived stats related to China can ever be considered trustworthy."
Thank you for your well informed observation.
Where were all these alleged stockpiles of oil when Trump cut off most if not all the Iranian oil in March, and China experienced gas lines which resembled our own in the 1973 and 1977-1979 oil shocks?
Yeah... I'm calling shenanigans. They stockpiled in advance, but their usage stats aren't being shown properly. Everywhere else falls but they stay stable/flat for the entirety of the crisis, despite having been cut off from supplies? Makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Even with the strategic building of a stockpile (which only explains how they have as much oils as basically the rest of the world), in order to have the number stay flat they have to be getting a consistent supply of oil from somewhere. For months that should not be the case as they had no Iranian oil and no Venezuelan oil. So where the fuck did they get a fuel source to stay topped up?
I get they've been stockpiling for 2-3 years as per u/catsfive, but a stockpile goes down when used, and China's hasn't fallen anywhere near the rest of the planet. Again, it makes no sense at all. Couple that with the vid above on the x link? Yeah... that graphic is lying big time.
"This is, of course, assuming that any Chinese stats or derived stats related to China can ever be considered trustworthy."
Thank you for your well informed observation.
Where were all these alleged stockpiles of oil when Trump cut off most if not all the Iranian oil in March, and China experienced gas lines which resembled our own in the 1973 and 1977-1979 oil shocks?
https://x.com/EnergyAbsurdity/status/2031509234249072966
Yeah... I'm calling shenanigans. They stockpiled in advance, but their usage stats aren't being shown properly. Everywhere else falls but they stay stable/flat for the entirety of the crisis, despite having been cut off from supplies? Makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Even with the strategic building of a stockpile (which only explains how they have as much oils as basically the rest of the world), in order to have the number stay flat they have to be getting a consistent supply of oil from somewhere. For months that should not be the case as they had no Iranian oil and no Venezuelan oil. So where the fuck did they get a fuel source to stay topped up?
I get they've been stockpiling for 2-3 years as per u/catsfive, but a stockpile goes down when used, and China's hasn't fallen anywhere near the rest of the planet. Again, it makes no sense at all. Couple that with the vid above on the x link? Yeah... that graphic is lying big time.