[raverbashing]

China has the biggest hydroelectric dam in the world, I think they will be just fine (though I'm not sure it does pumped hydro - they probably don't bother).

[icebraining]

I think the point was that China would take advantage of the energy weakness of other countries during the winter somehow.

[Nasrudith]

Ironically that is /really/ obsolete thinking. Pax atomica says hi for one.

[KUcxrAVrtI]

Nitroglycerin will make war too horrible to fight.

Wonder where I've heard that before.