Malcolm Moore

How many ships can get out and what does that mean for flows?

And can we detach the whole Strait of Hormuz business from the whole are we at war with Iran business?

I'm going to preface my answer by saying I know absolutely nothing about the effect of barnacles on the drag of giant oil tankers.

This is not a subject that I have researched, even with a casual Google search.

Right.

With no disrespect to this story, I am short barnacles.

Sorry, I'm short barnacles.

I've seen a supertanker.

These are not small things.

I've seen barnacles.

These are very small things.

Are a lot of barnacles going to eat a supertanker?

I don't think so.

I am willing to say that yes, I expect that the more barnacles you have, the slower you would move through the water.

And indeed that that could be a problem if you're trying to outrun the IRGC through the Strait of Hormuz.

So yes, I'm not going to minimise that these small sea creatures could present a threat to global oil markets.

I'm still going to go with the missiles and the speedboats and the mines being a more important issue than the barnacles.

I mean, you're going to leave mines in those waters.

They're going to be jellyfish.

They're going to be barnacles.