"Could it be that Greta Thunberg and Leonardo DiCaprio actually might be to blame for what Vladimir Putin is doing?"
Huh. I thought everyone had "personal responsibility" for their own actions. Gotta say, though, if Greta Thunberg and Leonardo DiCaprio have some weird mystic power and can control Vladimir Putin like a video game character, that's gonna make a BIG difference to geopolitics.
It’s not a great sanction if they just declare it done and over with. The leverage is both the promise of profits, and the profits. It’s still a juicy carrot to offer in exchange for good behavior.
There’s no 100% way to predict how far Putin will go, or us, or anyone else. I may be wrong in thinking Putin won’t be getting Ukraine, and that we are all too invested in holding that line to allow that to happen.
The realpolitik of the situation is that Iraq wasn't a threat to anyone but its immediate neighbors and could be smacked around with little consequence to the U.S. and Europe, despite the stories of it having the world's fifth largest army. Direct military action towards Russia, even with an international coalition agreeing to it, would have far more dire consequences.
this bullshit is yet more of why did you make me hit you.Environmentalists wanting to save the planet did not force jack shit: companies fold or ship jobs because they do not want to comply- not because of environmentalists. Oil Barrons restrict production to increase profits- not because of environmentalists. Fucking weak assed clowns who flush their countries into the toilet do not invade other countries because of environmentalists- they do it because they are weak assed clowns who flushed their countries into the toilet.
Isn't expensive oil a deterrent for third world dictators to invade, at least if said 3rd world dictator is a petro 3rd world dictator, which Putin is? You know, when oil is cheap, Russia's economy sucks which makes it more likely that a madman like Putin would want to change the subject or come to believe that the only way to expand the economy (or restore "greatness" or whatever) is by invading another country.
These morons still don't understand that when oil prices drop too low, extracting oil from tar sands isn't economically viable, even if the pipeline would make it slightly more so. They don't understand that self-sufficiency has little impact on the price of a commodity set by global markets, and that not all oil costs the same to pullout of the ground and process.
They imagine a world where oil will be $30 a barrel if we just drill everywhere we can think of, even if it costs more than that to get it to market.
So much concentrated power in such a small young woman! I’m waiting to see how Thunberg updates her Twitter profile.
Cheap fossil fuel doesn’t deter war. Putin just lost Nord Stream 2 because of his posturing for war. The fossil fuels were going to flow. I guess he didn’t care about those profits? I still don’t understand why he didn’t wait to make this move until completion of Nord Stream 2. And now that we have oil independence, who gets the cheaper prices and who gets profits during a price spike from OPEC, are not as predictable. If we want fossil fuels to not link with wars, the wisest solution is to switch to a different, more sustainable source of energy. Ones that are not dependent upon limited geographical advantages. If everyone can source sunlight, wind, etc., and store the energy, then nobody is going to be able to hold all the power over prices. We probably would still see war and destruction of such infrastructure, but it’s unlikely we’d tolerate that being a market strategy for very long.
A mouth like that doesn't look complete without a fish hook in it.
"Could it be that Greta Thunberg and Leonardo DiCaprio actually might be to blame for what Vladimir Putin is doing?"
Huh. I thought everyone had "personal responsibility" for their own actions. Gotta say, though, if Greta Thunberg and Leonardo DiCaprio have some weird mystic power and can control Vladimir Putin like a video game character, that's gonna make a BIG difference to geopolitics.
But by cutting off supplies to Europe, he loses a lot of income. And wars can be expensive.
throw in Gringo Starr with Lenny & Greta and fucking Putin is toast!
Considering that is the basis of his economy yes. Fox News-aholics probably don't know though.
It’s not a great sanction if they just declare it done and over with. The leverage is both the promise of profits, and the profits. It’s still a juicy carrot to offer in exchange for good behavior.
There’s no 100% way to predict how far Putin will go, or us, or anyone else. I may be wrong in thinking Putin won’t be getting Ukraine, and that we are all too invested in holding that line to allow that to happen.
Pus libel! At least it serves a valid function.
I actually know someone who actually is decended from them, but spells her last name Romanoff, and is a very nice, smart person.
The realpolitik of the situation is that Iraq wasn't a threat to anyone but its immediate neighbors and could be smacked around with little consequence to the U.S. and Europe, despite the stories of it having the world's fifth largest army. Direct military action towards Russia, even with an international coalition agreeing to it, would have far more dire consequences.
this bullshit is yet more of why did you make me hit you.Environmentalists wanting to save the planet did not force jack shit: companies fold or ship jobs because they do not want to comply- not because of environmentalists. Oil Barrons restrict production to increase profits- not because of environmentalists. Fucking weak assed clowns who flush their countries into the toilet do not invade other countries because of environmentalists- they do it because they are weak assed clowns who flushed their countries into the toilet.
Isn't expensive oil a deterrent for third world dictators to invade, at least if said 3rd world dictator is a petro 3rd world dictator, which Putin is? You know, when oil is cheap, Russia's economy sucks which makes it more likely that a madman like Putin would want to change the subject or come to believe that the only way to expand the economy (or restore "greatness" or whatever) is by invading another country.
These morons still don't understand that when oil prices drop too low, extracting oil from tar sands isn't economically viable, even if the pipeline would make it slightly more so. They don't understand that self-sufficiency has little impact on the price of a commodity set by global markets, and that not all oil costs the same to pullout of the ground and process.
They imagine a world where oil will be $30 a barrel if we just drill everywhere we can think of, even if it costs more than that to get it to market.
So much concentrated power in such a small young woman! I’m waiting to see how Thunberg updates her Twitter profile.
Cheap fossil fuel doesn’t deter war. Putin just lost Nord Stream 2 because of his posturing for war. The fossil fuels were going to flow. I guess he didn’t care about those profits? I still don’t understand why he didn’t wait to make this move until completion of Nord Stream 2. And now that we have oil independence, who gets the cheaper prices and who gets profits during a price spike from OPEC, are not as predictable. If we want fossil fuels to not link with wars, the wisest solution is to switch to a different, more sustainable source of energy. Ones that are not dependent upon limited geographical advantages. If everyone can source sunlight, wind, etc., and store the energy, then nobody is going to be able to hold all the power over prices. We probably would still see war and destruction of such infrastructure, but it’s unlikely we’d tolerate that being a market strategy for very long.
If we could harness and store the energy generated by the wind blown from Republicans bloviating, we would be set on our energy needs forever.
I guess it’s good to know what the RWNJ propaganda machine is putting out there, but WHAT THE FUCK did I just read?!?!
Ah yes, the well-known oil fields of... Ukraine. (Gas is a different story but Russia's already got that.)