Prayers for all involved and hope this mess comes to a quick resolution. Sometimes the question comes to my mind about just how much us humans have really evolved. Not as much as we would like to think.
I happened to watch an American YouTuber who lived in Ukraine and bought a condo in Kiev. As of a few days ago, he brushed off the threat of a Russian invasion.
There are always naive people who do not think terrible things can happen. Of course, it would not matter anyway. The outcome would still be the same.
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Not happening. If anything, we've gone in the reverse direction, which makes situations like Ukraine more of a problem for the US.Best thing the US can do is get back to energy independence ...
Not happening. If anything, we've gone in the reverse direction, which makes situations like Ukraine more of a problem for the US.
Belarus is next. Best thing the US can do is get back to energy independence and export to Europe so they don't have to buy Russian oil and gas. Russia's GDP would rank 4th compared to US states behind California, Texas and New York.
I wonder if Germany is thinking it was a bad idea to follow the popular movement of getting rid of their reactors. They still have some, wonder if they will put a hold on the decommissioning of those ones.
Here, our neighbor to the North has as much oil as Saudi Arabia. In the tar sands at $100 a barrel it's worth digging up. Yes it's messy, and harder to process, but much better than shivering. And it's pretty secure and close.
I wonder if Germany is thinking it was a bad idea to follow the popular movement of getting rid of their reactors. They still have some, wonder if they will put a hold on the decommissioning of those ones.
Here, our neighbor to the North has as much oil as Saudi Arabia. In the tar sands at $100 a barrel it's worth digging up. Yes it's messy, and harder to process, but much better than shivering. And it's pretty secure and close.
Canada was already doing it, meaning taking the tar from the sand. The problem is how to export it.
They need a pipeline going south to the US refineries, or one going west towards the Pacific Ocean to export. Both projects ran into opposition.
I have a friend who's from Belarus, and his wife is from Ukraine. When I talked to him a few weeks ago, he said he wasn't worried about his wife's family in Ukraine as he was pretty sure Russia wouldn't invade... Evidently, his wife's family lives far from the border and they were not worried.
I wonder what he'd say now...