StinkyFingerItchyBum

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  • I don’t think anyone wants this regime to survive, but that is not the same as condoning a war of agression against a people in what should be an internal civil matter. Nuclear proliferation is a diplomatic matter unless you subscribe to the “I had to rape you because you turned me down” school of geopolitics."

    The US has been making and breaking deals with Iran since forever, including Trumps first term cancelling the existing deal for no reason and with nonevidence of blatently false claims. They have never bargained in good faith.

    Now we have eastern europe, middle east, asia and of course the US now in open wars. A rather undignified end to the post WWII peace and order.

    What’s a 5 character word for our near future? WW_ _ _










  • I think the concern here is that the oilsands use geography to lock in at least some of the wealth to locals. The refining is mostly done in the US, but the oilsands will effectively always be there providing high wages.

    Any clean energy transition efforts are considered more ephemeral for Albertans, because they have to be globally competitive. This means nascent development of solar manufacturing as an example, eventually gets offshored, or their wages get depressed like the offshore locations due to competitive pressures.