[ergocoder]

The most surprising thing is that the whole world somehow has built dependency on Hormuz which has been known for decades that it is controlled by Iran, an adversarial actor to the west.

Nobody ever thinks of, you know, building redundancy for Hormuz?

[bawolff]

They actually have. I think both Saudi Arabia and UAE have built pipelines to bypass the strait.

Not to mention USA investing heavily in fraking to counter balance the middle east...

[dgellow]

> Nobody ever thinks of, you know, building redundancy for Hormuz?

When you have questions like that in mind, the answer is pretty much always „yes, that’s a well known topic of discussion in that field“

You can see alternatives that exist here: https://hormuzstraitmonitor.com/alternative-routes/

(Really neat website, I think it was shared on HN a few months ago?)

There is a lot of other proposed routes but it’s actually pretty hard to create them in that region, lots of actors with their own interests and not the best history of collaboration. And Iran would definitely be against it given it reduces their influence

[3eb7988a1663]

Pipelines are also easily targeted, should an adversary wish to destroy one. There is no way to protect hundreds of miles of static infrastructure.

[bawolff]

They are also relatively easy to repair, and somewhat hard to hit given they are under ground.