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1 minute ago, teachercd said:

Oh yeah, I have seen "Two Girls, One Cup" too!

 

I watched a stoning, a burning and a beheading.  Unreal stuff.

Well, we can't do that...because of, well.

Parents didn’t and probably don’t understand what a child can find on the internet. Even with basic google searches. It’s horrific. I think quite a bit of our dull to violence comes from stuff such as this. 

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53 minutes ago, Decked said:

If only the United States had vast oil fields on her own soil we could supply and drill from until electric vehicles, renewable energies, & the electric grid became worth a s#!t…wouldn’t that be nice? Greedy bastards. 

Longer term though wouldn't it makes sense to protect our reserves so they're available when the rest of the world's are depleted? We'll never be able to stop needing oil, it's used for literally everything in your life. Plastics for cars, appliances, tools, medical devices. Waxes, lubricants, and other resins. Asphalt! You name it, it probably has a byproduct of oil in it.

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1 hour ago, teachercd said:

Does anyone else see this war ending with Russia getting the land/sea areas that it wanted AND supplying China with more oil than ever AND being super stingy with oil towards Europe and Europe shifting back to coal at a high rate AND US gas prices staying sky high because of all of this?

Yes, I see that as a real possibility 

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49 minutes ago, ZRod said:

Longer term though wouldn't it makes sense to protect our reserves so they're available when the rest of the world's are depleted? We'll never be able to stop needing oil, it's used for literally everything in your life. Plastics for cars, appliances, tools, medical devices. Waxes, lubricants, and other resins. Asphalt! You name it, it probably has a byproduct of oil in it.

5 dollar an hour gas mixed with mega inflation is killing Americans. Buying oil & gas from hostile countries is funding the killing of Americans. Europe buying gas from Russia is killing Ukrainians and holding the continent hostage. Well that and shutting down coal and nuclear plants. Why not use the resource now?
 

If we are going to be in the future that desperate for oil then our current way of life (and likely billions) will be dead anyhow. 

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8 minutes ago, teachercd said:

Was that Putin's plan all along and we did not think about it like that?

His plan was to decrease Russias border with NATO countries, by taking over all of Ukraine and Moldova, the vulnerability of Russia is greatly reduced since the terrain to invade Russia would be protected by the Carpathian Mountain range. Furthermore, he hoped that Western Democracies would not be able to handle the resulting spike in energy prices, with countries like Germany particularly vulnerable leaving them less likely to intervene with aid.

 

His hope was also that Trump would destabilize NATO enough that he would also be able to take back the Baltic states eventually. Luckily that didn't happen, but it's not out of the question in the future. 

 

His plan has mostly been a catastrophic failure. Instead of decreasing his border with NATO, it's likely to more than double once Finland joins the alliance. And because Russia is likely to only take a small amount of territory, their vulnerability on that flank has not changed from where it was pre-war.

 

Putin sought to return Russia to the glorious boundaries of the superpower days of the Soviet Union. Now Russia is going to become a glorified gas station and a puppet state for China.

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1 hour ago, Decked said:

5 dollar an hour gas mixed with mega inflation is killing Americans. Buying oil & gas from hostile countries is funding the killing of Americans. Europe buying gas from Russia is killing Ukrainians and holding the continent hostage. Well that and shutting down coal and nuclear plants. Why not use the resource now?
 

If we are going to be in the future that desperate for oil then our current way of life (and likely billions) will be dead anyhow. 

Well, here's the other thing... We've tied oil to the value of our dollar. We need the Saudis to keep pumping and trading oil because of the Petro dollar. We'll affectively tank our currency if we don't appease them enough, and they switch to the ruble or RMB. Nixon really f#&%ed us long term on this one. So, either keep funding the Saudis or find another raw material equally as valuable that can support trade with our currency.

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1 hour ago, funhusker said:

Moonfish and Juice???  Sounds like names from “Hot Shots”!

 

Okay, whoever/whatever pulling the strings of the universe is just f#&%ing with us at this point, right?

Yes, I think they could have picked better names like   Maverick, Goose, Iceman, Viper and Jester :B)

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