Economic Impacts of Iran War
04-13-2026 | 10:14 PM
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They will or won’t surpass on their own merits. Are they working harder? Yes. Smarter? Not quite yet.
04-14-2026 | 02:14 AM
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And lack of climate and humanitarian regulations that Western states are party to. While they can innovate and industrialize unbridled, we have handcuffs.
04-14-2026 | 03:55 AM
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This attitude right here is why China leads us by leaps and bounds in battery technology and renewables. Diversified energy production is better than putting all your eggs in one basket, but small minds take a political view to what should be a question of physics and logistics.
Nuclear is fine, but the upfront costs make it currently much less viable than solar/wind, even with current battery technology.
When you're more interested in optics and politics than science and physics, you end up abdicating your position as energy superpower. This is why China has surpassed us in this field.
Maybe concern yourself more with wattage than whether something could be called "woke"
Nuclear is fine, but the upfront costs make it currently much less viable than solar/wind, even with current battery technology.
When you're more interested in optics and politics than science and physics, you end up abdicating your position as energy superpower. This is why China has surpassed us in this field.
Maybe concern yourself more with wattage than whether something could be called "woke"
04-14-2026 | 04:15 AM
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to tie it into the current conflict, there are rumblings in the pacific of nations turning to china for these very same products that have your panties in a twist. To include Australia.
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04-14-2026 | 04:16 AM
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04-14-2026 | 04:21 AM
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04-14-2026 | 04:57 AM
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04-14-2026 | 05:04 AM
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Easy when you have over a Billion people, many of whom are oppressed and living like they are forced to like like they are in the stone age. But you also bring up a great point, the US needs to invest way more in Nuclear technologies to bring that "per capita" number down.
04-14-2026 | 05:12 AM
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What? Check out where China was forty years ago and while you are at it look at total historical emissions per capita. Let us know what you find.
04-14-2026 | 05:17 AM
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Easy when you have over a Billion people, many of whom are oppressed and living like they are forced to like like they are in the stone age. But you also bring up a great point, the US needs to invest way more in Nuclear technologies to bring that "per capita" number down.
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