I read the Great Bend Tribune news report: “Pain at the Pump” (May 5th issue). My comments here are not intended to be political by any means. This is not the time for fault-finding or finger-pointing. However, our current energy supply-chain snags were easy to spot. Any 9th-grade school student in Kansas who ever took a geography class in school knows that the Strait of Hormuz is the functional equivalent of “threading a needle.” Although at its narrowest-point it may be about 21 miles wide, the only viable area where merchant-ships, tankers, and carriers can pass in only a mere 2 miles wide.