analysis World War III

[oldtimer]

I believe that President Biden was right when he said that Russia is going to Invade Ukraine.

Any intelligent person is going to come to the same conclusion knowing that Russia has already decided to pay any price imposed on it by the West through sanctions.

Short of full military confrontation by the West there is nothing that can make Russia to change its mind as they see this as a golden opportunity to resurrect the once powerful superpower that was equal to the USA.

But Russia’s ambitions are not going to stop with taking over Ukraine since it already has made plans to increase its sphere of influence to Asia, Middle East, and South America and perhaps the whole World knowing that the West is most likely not going to do anything beyond just imposing sanctions which ultimately will hurt the West itself by effecting the Global economy in an adverse way the longer that they go on.

I personally don’t like any of the old ideologies, philosophies, and doctrines of Capitalism, Communism, Socialism, Religious Fundamentalism and all the other “ism” that are derived from the bad human characteristics of Greed, Lust, Hate, Cruelty, Jealousy, Prejudice, and lack of Empathy and that have been infringing on our rights in one way or another throughout the history because they can only exist through supporting inequality, oppression, suppression, torture, killing, and War.

When it comes to saving the World the last thing that I want to see is the further expansion of these old systems that have all already proven to be a failure in dealing with the existential problems that are currently facing Humanity and the Environment.

We don’t want all these political, Religious, and Racial parties and groups to resurrect their past, we want something new that can propel the World into the next Era that is based on the Universal Principles and Values that have been derived through Logic and Compassion and not through Force and Violence.

By “We” I mean all the Intelligent, Righteous, and Peace loving people of the World.

IMO

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[bmugford]

China has chosen to support Russia all the way, and so the West has to support Ukraine the same as it would for all the other Eastern Europeans Countries that are members of NATO.

Not exactly. They have condemned the actions, but are not trying to make waves when it comes to sanctions.

They are basically a new superpower with slowing economic growth. They probably have more to lose than anyone.

It is in their best interest to basically stay neutral. It is a massive stretch to call them a Russian ally.

Brad

 

[bmugford]

Via Yahoo: Zelensky said he has cooled off about joining NATO , perhaps the upcoming talks between Russia - Ukraine can bring an ending to the conflict … Zelensky should have backed off the NATO allegiance when Putin was fuming about it, not back down, but off and revisit joining NATO after Putin settled down , Putin wanted NATO off Russias door step

Russia was going to invade regardless. That much is obvious.
If it was not this it would have been some other reason.

Brad

 

[bmugford]

Already $5 / gallon in Oregon. California taxes it will be closer to $6.

It is pretty easy in the Western world to just be complaining about gas prices.

Thank God you are not in Ukraine, and have to face actual real hardships - people trying to kill you, no power, no heat, no food, no medicine, possibly the loss of your country itself and everything you have ever worked for.

Guess what. This is an existential threat to the future of humanity, democracy, and security. I am sorry gas prices are going up.

But, fuck gas prices. There are far bigger things at play here.

Brad

 

[bmugford]

tomorrow there is a 80% chance russia will ban youtube, also another plan exists to allow connections only to whitelisted ip addresses, to that VPNs could not be used to overcome bans...

Russia can't allow access to objective information. They are going full Joseph Goebbels with their propaganda and censorship.

Brad

 

[mr-x]

It is pretty easy in the Western world to just be complaining about gas prices.

Thank God you are not in Ukraine, and have to face actually real hardships.

You are deflecting. Gas prices doubled before RU invaded Ukraine. It’s just worse.

It’s easy for people making 6 figures to moralize about how blue collar families dealing with record inflation should ackshully be thankful

Guess what. This is an existential threat to the future of humanity, democracy, and security. I am sorry gas prices are going up.

Fuck gas prices. There are far bigger things at play here.

Brad

America producing more energy is a strategic imperative.

Telling people to suck it up because Biden prefers lithium strip mines and heavy metal pollution to fossil fuel is on brand for arrogant democrats.

 

[bmugford]

You are deflecting. Gas prices doubled before RU invaded Ukraine. It’s just worse.

It’s easy for people making 6 figures to moralize about how blue collar families dealing with record inflation should ackshully be thanking democrats.

Yeah, well we live in reality. Sometimes reality has hard decisions.

1.) First of all gas prices were lowest during a pandemic. No shit. People were not traveling much and many companies closed their doors. Demand was lowest.

Gas prices have gone up mainly because we are coming out of a pandemic. Most is based on actual supply & demand.

2.) The vast majority of recent movements have just been speculation based on fear. There is no magic bean for fear when the world is potentially on the verge of WW3.

I am sorry that someone has to sacrifice for a larger cause. That is just the reality.

At, the same time I am also open to better energy policies as well. To me that includes generating more energy to fit the current needs, and transitioning to more renewable energy over time.

Brad

 

[Alop]

It’s easy for people making 6 figures to moralize about how blue collar families dealing with record inflation should ackshully be thankful

Ain’t that the truth..Pete Buttigeg told everyone to go buy electric cars if they worried about gas prices after his 2 month leave

 

[bmugford]

Ain’t that the truth..Pete Buttigeg told everyone to go buy electric cars if they worried about gas prices after his 2 month leave

I am all for electric vehicles, but if everyone had one you would run into a similar issue. Electricity demand and prices would go way up, hurting people other ways with higher electricity bills.

A major problem with electric vehicles now is much of the electric generation is still based on dirty, non-renewable sources.

Brad

 

[Alop]

I am all for electric vehicles, but if everyone had one you would run into a similar issue. Electricity demand and prices would go way up, hurting people other ways with higher electricity bills.

A major problem with electric vehicles now is much of the electric generation is based on dirty, not renewable energy.

Brad

I’m only saying most politicians don’t sympathize with the public

 

[oldtimer]

A major problem with electric vehicles now is much of the electric generation is still based on dirty, non-renewable sources.

Brad

We need to go past the current EVs and start making more sEVs

Solar Powered EVs

IMO

 

[DomainNature]

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YOU DON'T DESERVE MY ATTENTION!

 

[DmitrySV]

well, the world keeps on pushing Russia towards denunciation of the Belovezh Accords

 

[bmugford]

We need to go past the current EVs and start making more sEVs

Solar Powered EVs

IMO

Sounds great, in theory.

I have some experience with solar panels, and I am not sure the technology is there yet. You generally need a large surface area of solar panels to generate significant energy.

Also, even solar panels use a lot of dirty, non-renewable energy in their creation as well as some toxic materials and pollutants.

Ideally you could use renewable energy to create renewable energy, but that still is a long way off.

Brad

 

[Cannuck]

...I even contacted Mr.Trump office and did not receive a reply until today.

The reason is simple the governments of the world don't want something that is not profitable, the most profitable is something that has an end like Gas, Coal and Petrol, they don't need free endless energy.
Even if I ask you today, hey people are you ready to finance my free energy project?

It appears to me your allegiances are scewed. Why not make a proposal to your fearless leader?

 

[bmugford]

It appears to me your allegiances are scewed. Why not make a proposal to your fearless leader?

Free energy. LOL

Free energy is complete pseudoscience nonsense. It has been worked on by some of the most brilliant minds in history. It is impossible as it violates the laws of thermodynamics and physics.

Brad

 

[Cannuck]

We need to go past the current EVs and start making more sEVs

...too busy building pipelines and bombs

 

[bmugford]

...too busy building pipelines and bombs

I think you are on to something...solar powered bombs?

Sure they cause all the same damage, but are much cleaner to produce.

Brad

 

[DmitrySV]

well, the world keeps on pushing Russia towards denunciation of the Belovezh Accords

https://apnews.com/06bc71ef220943978ba000620f16d022

“There is a move to re-Sovietize the region,” Clinton lamented.

“It’s not going to be called that. It’s going to be called customs union, it will be called Eurasian Union and all of that,” she said, referring to Russian-led efforts for greater regional integration. “But let’s make no mistake about it. We know what the goal is and we are trying to figure out effective ways to slow down or prevent it.”

 

[Cannuck]

Ideally you could use renewable energy to create renewable energy, but that still is a long way off.

People are about to get alot more exercise... I like my solar-powered ATV fat-bike

 

[bmugford]

Another issue with solar panels at the moment is solar waste.

The panels get old, and very few of them are recycled.

Only about 10% of panels in the US are recycled—it isn't mandated by federal regulations, and recycling the devices is currently much more expensive than just discarding them.

Much of the material can be recycled, but is not. So you basically have billions of panels globally that are just waste.

All these renewable energies have their own issues as well. They are not magic.

Brad

 

[mr-x]

Yeah, well we live in reality. Sometimes reality has hard decisions.

1.) First of all gas prices were lowest during a pandemic. No shit. People were not traveling much and many companies closed their doors. Demand was lowest.

Gas prices have gone up mainly because we are coming out of a pandemic. Most is based on actual supply & demand.

No.

The first thing Joe did was cancel the Keystone Pipeline, then cancel nearly 40K leases. Many of the 9K available leases the Biden admin keep referencing are encumbered, difficult to drill or develope.

You know as well as I do, the market is driven by speculation. Biden team wants high prices to encourage "renewable" energy that isn't really renewable.

2.) The vast majority of recent movements have just been speculation based on fear. There is no magic bean for fear when the world is potentially on the verge of WW3.

This shortage is a political choice.

I am sorry that someone has to sacrifice for a larger cause. That is just the reality.

At, the same time I am also open to better energy policies as well. To me that includes generating more energy to fit the current needs, and transitioning to more renewable energy over time.

Brad

Sitting down with energy producers, announcing the opening new leases with a goal of energy independence would drop prices $1 -- $1.50 gallon at the pump by summer.

What was the point in canceling new LNG stations?

It's poor leadership.

 

[Cannuck]

https://apnews.com/06bc71ef220943978ba000620f16d022

“There is a move to re-Sovietize the region,” Clinton lamented.

“It’s not going to be called that. It’s going to be called customs union, it will be called Eurasian Union and all of that,” she said, referring to Russian-led efforts for greater regional integration. “But let’s make no mistake about it. We know what the goal is and we are trying to figure out effective ways to slow down or prevent it.”

She was right. When an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, there is likely to be friction. So far, the two sides have been able to keep at arms length, but can anyone argue that Putin's war with Ukraine is also a USA proxy war?

 

[bmugford]

She was right. When an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, there is likely to be friction. So far, the two sides have been able to keep at arms length, but can anyone argue that Putin's war with Ukraine is also a USA proxy war?

Well, in fairness the unstoppable force (Russia) is meeting the immovable object (Ukraine).

If they are losing so many resources there do they really want to go to war with the much better manned and equipped US/NATO & others coalition? I seriously doubt it.

There is a reason Russia is making nuclear threats. They would never want that war to happen.

Brad

 

[bmugford]

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The first thing Joe did was cancel the Keystone Pipeline, then cancel nearly 40K leases. Many of the 9K available leases the Biden admin keep referencing are encumbered, difficult to drill or develope.

You know as well as I do, the market is driven by speculation. Biden team wants high prices to encourage "renewable" energy that isn't really renewable.

You can see it started trending up when Trump was still president. You can also see some dips when COVID was at its peak. Look at the end of 2021/2022 for instance where Omicron was at peak.

The chart also starts at an unfairly low point, during a pandemic. There were times when gas was around $3/gallon on average under Trump in 2018. Pre-pandemic it was about $2.70 (2020).

You can't deny that demand is higher outside a pandemic that during a pandemic when people are not moving as much, many companies have been closed.

Though, the point about higher gas prices encouraging a path towards renewable energy might have some merit to it. As far as the "renewable" part I had a few recent posts about that.

Currently, many of the renewable energies are not as clean as advertised. It would take time and new breakthroughs in technology to make major strides.

Brad

 

[Cannuck]

Well, in fairness the unstoppable force (Russia) is meeting the immovable object (Ukraine).

If they are losing so many resources there do they really want to go to war with the much better manned and equipped US/NATO & others coalition? I seriously doubt it.

There is a reason Russia is making nuclear threats. They would never want that war to happen.

Agreed, Ukraine has held their ground, but this is just the first wave of Putin's attack. He launched with old equipment thinking he could walk right in. Now that he has taken the West's gambit, he's all in and will double down on the war attrocities with his new weapons and neither EU nor NATO will be able to avoid a direct conflict.

IMO.