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RT Gaurab Chakrabarti (@Gaurab)TSMC is about to report $35.7 billion in quarterly revenue. The semiconductor manufacturer consumes 9 percent of the island's total electricity. Taiwan imports 97 percent of its energy. Most of it comes from natural gas, and a third of that gas came from Qatar. Qatar declared force majeure in March after Iranian missiles destroyed two liquefied natural gas trains at Ras Laffan. Repairs will take three to five years. The Strait of Hormuz has carried fewer than 10 ships a day si ...