Tanker data shows fewer barrels crossing Hormuz than claimed

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTime to pay that off: tanker data suggests millions fewer barrels a day are crossing the Strait of Hormuz than the Energy Secretary says.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Daily Caller reports the gap matters because it feeds into fuel supply and what you pay at the pump.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe editor's note says sources sometimes disagree.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSometimes disagree. Millions of barrels is a big thing to disagree about, Vera.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt is unclear who is counting wrong, and nobody has said so.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMaybe the tankers are just shy and sail past when nobody is watching.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorShy tankers. That's the first honest explanation I've heard all week.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe trees were at least countable.