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by anenefan 37 days ago
I would differentiate "the US" from the "Trumpers."

Trump and Co were warned via proper channels ... and that information was ignored. Trumpers were brave and full of bravado ... real gung-ho, until it dawned on them history's page note of this time frame, would be mostly be about the move towards serious adoption of other fuel alternatives, not anything the climate change deniers wanted to see. Though there have been shortages of crude previous pushing up the price, they probably could not have foreseen the camel's back was ready to break, one more knee jerk by the oil merchants pushing prices sky high days after the strait closed, practically no lag, the economy woke up that every little threat was going to be an excuse to hoist the price of fuel upwards and it was time to move towards a better situation. It might take decades but ...

Mineral fuel will always have a seat at the table though.
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deterministic 36 days ago
> Trumpers were brave and full of bravado

Agreeing to drop bombs on people far away, without being in any danger yourself, is not being brave.

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anenefan 36 days ago
Ah sorry not in regard to that, more blowing a foot off to get an itch - so in context, ignoring all the things that would happen if they were to antagonise the region, certainly brave. There is no winning with a large population because one only needs a handful to be determined to keep shipping on their toes.

So: Ignoring international agreed laws and understandings that have been hashed out over the last half century ... becoming an economic terrorist to feather their and those of their ilk's nest ... becoming a pariah to any half educated person who knows or has experienced what malignant type personalties are ... at some point one has got to be either brave or stupid risking that if someone else (who's got a few billion spare) ignored international conventions and decided any despised economic terrorist should be dealt with in a ruthless and expedient manner.

But Trumpers have done wonderful things to further alternative fuel ideas these last few months.

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