Greetings from Pakistan. I keep coming back to your channel for new insights into so many awesome topics. It is really a pleasure to be listening to you.
Alistair Crooke was the first to tell the world about the failure of Israeli air defence against these Iranian missiles. Times have changed. Israel used to be the numero uno in ME but now it is being reduced to attacking civilian areas in Lebanon and Gaza. In the meantime, its economy is tanking. Something has to give sooner rather than later.
1st China has not problems if & when India catches up. They had a 1.4 bn population to keep happy & fed. They are prepared to collaborate and live in a harmonious world. Every government are.monitoring their citizens and depends on how each government made use of the data, no one knows.
coal plant usually run 4500 hours per year. peaker target to run as little as 1500. china carbon peaked last year. coal comsumption declined from last year. oil import down 2.4%. new energy car sales now over 50%. will go over 90% by 2027. something huge is happening. oit of china no one see it coming.
The other thing about electric/hybrid cars surging in china, and the reduction of coal mining, is that it means there is more coal around to liquify into diesel fuel. When the civilian economy doesn't need oil, and China can produce its oil requirements from coal liquification to suit its military needs, it's going to mean that it cannot be energy blockaded. This flies in the face of that interesting-but-wrong-about-most-things Putput Zeihan. As can be seen from the following wikipedia page, many of the largest Coal Liquification plants are in China or Mongolia (bordering China). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_liquefaction#Coal_liquefaction_plants_and_projects "China has many generals". "China will grow larger". "We are the red guard". "Moving now, sir!". "The peoples army". "Thats a good choice!". Final fun fact: Russia is really efficient with oil use. If Russia had the per-capita oil consumption of the USA or UK, it wouldn't be an exporter at all.
This policy has benefits, like saving lives. Many people, especially the elderly, provide feedback that they want their health to be protected. Some in the younger generation also like this policy because it helps protect their parents and grandparents. However, some people believe this policy is too costly, and affect their life too negatively. Eventually, the cost outweighed the benefits. As China opened up, much more lives were lost due to mass infections. It’s important to consider both the downsides and upsides of every policy. Just think about how many lives were lost in the U.S. Maybe it doesn’t concern you because the dead can no longer vote.
no million deaths as in the USA? By the time China opened up, the virus had lost much of its lethality. US fucked up bigly under Trump's incompetent hands.
The Russia-Ukraine war is not primarily a proxy war. To simply describe the war as a proxy war like that tells you what we need to understand about the conflict is highly misleading. Yes, it is a proxy war because one great power is supporting a smaller country who is fighting another great power. But, the war is a strong country trying to conquer, steal territory from, or/and force a regime change in another country. The war is about Putin ideologically believing that Ukraine is an inherent part of Russia and refusing to let it side with Europe economically. Because the U.S. and Europe do not want to set the precedent that a great power can invade its neighbor without consequence or resistance, and because Europe fears that Russia, emboldened from a victory with Ukraine may decide to gamble and invade another country, and because of the moral outrage of a country unjustly invading its neighbor...the U.S. and the West are supporting Ukraine, but the essence of the conflict isn't simply a proxy war.
Um, the conflict began as a civil war 8 years before the Russian invasion. Take a look at Ukraine's electoral maps from the 2010s -- this was a deeply divided country (not to mention a poor one with serious corruption issues)
@@mcgilcol The war started in 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea and also instigated rebellion in the east. Ukraine is far poorer now thanks to Russia's aggression.
NATO or the West did not force Russia to invade Ukraine. There was no serious military threat from Ukraine or NATO to Russia. Maybe the U.S. should have been more careful about Russia's fears and concerns, but there was no military strategic imperative for Russia to stop Ukraine from turning toward Europe.
Greetings from Pakistan. I keep coming back to your channel for new insights into so many awesome topics. It is really a pleasure to be listening to you.
Alistair Crooke was the first to tell the world about the failure of Israeli air defence against these Iranian missiles. Times have changed. Israel used to be the numero uno in ME but now it is being reduced to attacking civilian areas in Lebanon and Gaza. In the meantime, its economy is tanking. Something has to give sooner rather than later.
Your analysis one of the best I've heard.
1st China has not problems if & when India catches up. They had a 1.4 bn population to keep happy & fed. They are prepared to collaborate and live in a harmonious world.
Every government are.monitoring their citizens and depends on how each government made use of the data, no one knows.
coal plant usually run 4500 hours per year. peaker target to run as little as 1500.
china carbon peaked last year. coal comsumption declined from last year. oil import down 2.4%.
new energy car sales now over 50%. will go over 90% by 2027.
something huge is happening. oit of china no one see it coming.
Peak oil consumption, collapse of petrostates
The other thing about electric/hybrid cars surging in china, and the reduction of coal mining, is that it means there is more coal around to liquify into diesel fuel. When the civilian economy doesn't need oil, and China can produce its oil requirements from coal liquification to suit its military needs, it's going to mean that it cannot be energy blockaded. This flies in the face of that interesting-but-wrong-about-most-things Putput Zeihan.
As can be seen from the following wikipedia page, many of the largest Coal Liquification plants are in China or Mongolia (bordering China).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_liquefaction#Coal_liquefaction_plants_and_projects
"China has many generals".
"China will grow larger".
"We are the red guard".
"Moving now, sir!".
"The peoples army".
"Thats a good choice!".
Final fun fact: Russia is really efficient with oil use. If Russia had the per-capita oil consumption of the USA or UK, it wouldn't be an exporter at all.
If China's feedback mechanism worked so well, as Hsu explained, what accounted for the years of zero covid policy?
This policy has benefits, like saving lives. Many people, especially the elderly, provide feedback that they want their health to be protected. Some in the younger generation also like this policy because it helps protect their parents and grandparents. However, some people believe this policy is too costly, and affect their life too negatively. Eventually, the cost outweighed the benefits. As China opened up, much more lives were lost due to mass infections. It’s important to consider both the downsides and upsides of every policy. Just think about how many lives were lost in the U.S. Maybe it doesn’t concern you because the dead can no longer vote.
@@baruchlev2658 The original questions the timeliness of the feedback mechanism, not the policy.
no million deaths as in the USA? By the time China opened up, the virus had lost much of its lethality. US fucked up bigly under Trump's incompetent hands.
Chins life expectancy exceeded the US life expectancy, in part because Chinese addressed Covid better than the US.
The Russia-Ukraine war is not primarily a proxy war. To simply describe the war as a proxy war like that tells you what we need to understand about the conflict is highly misleading. Yes, it is a proxy war because one great power is supporting a smaller country who is fighting another great power. But, the war is a strong country trying to conquer, steal territory from, or/and force a regime change in another country. The war is about Putin ideologically believing that Ukraine is an inherent part of Russia and refusing to let it side with Europe economically. Because the U.S. and Europe do not want to set the precedent that a great power can invade its neighbor without consequence or resistance, and because Europe fears that Russia, emboldened from a victory with Ukraine may decide to gamble and invade another country, and because of the moral outrage of a country unjustly invading its neighbor...the U.S. and the West are supporting Ukraine, but the essence of the conflict isn't simply a proxy war.
It's too complicated for Asians, they are going to learn an idea of Imperialism in a hard way
Um, the conflict began as a civil war 8 years before the Russian invasion. Take a look at Ukraine's electoral maps from the 2010s -- this was a deeply divided country (not to mention a poor one with serious corruption issues)
@@mcgilcol The war started in 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea and also instigated rebellion in the east. Ukraine is far poorer now thanks to Russia's aggression.
@@lonecandle5786 reddit brain is embarassing.
NATO or the West did not force Russia to invade Ukraine. There was no serious military threat from Ukraine or NATO to Russia. Maybe the U.S. should have been more careful about Russia's fears and concerns, but there was no military strategic imperative for Russia to stop Ukraine from turning toward Europe.
But the "coup", lol
They saw the obvious and acted accordingly.
One point of bias from him