humanspiral

Much better article than just the rise of central bank rates to 21%.

It's possible to read between the lines for how the oligarchs are complaining the economy is ruined, vs. high wages for ordinary people making ordinary people better off and happy.

This is a good expectation of what a UBI/Freedom dividends economy would look like when people have the freedom to say no to work offers because they have better options. Except that instead of tying up people into military defense of nation, they can be training for better opportunities than what is currently offered.

Only banks can participate for now. BRICS currency must eventually be tradable for bitcoin or other currencies to be truly viable/trusted.

General praise from attendees at BRICS summit. Claims of watershed success.

Electrolysis powered by PV solar of CO2 into acetate can increase plant yields by 4x compared to just sunlight. Technology and bioengineering of plants can improve it even more.

This can make cheap buildings powered by PV more cost effective than open land farming. No pesticides or fungicides, and less fertilizer use.

An important role that livestock provides is that of a food battery. Climate vulnerable crop yields allow for culling livestock when plant yield is more scarce. Indoor ag provides climate and seasonal resilient food output.

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/CHINA-SOLAR/egpbardekvq/chart.png

Last year China added 100gw in last 3 months. Only 56gw in last 3 months this year would equal 2023 capacity additions.

Starting in June of this year, thermal electricity production has gone down even as total electric demand has increased. A tipping point for China's energy seems to have been reached.

KSA is one of few countries in world that has received more US weapons than Israel. There may be kill switches, but it would be end of Israel/US to lose KSA as a colony.

Key point is probably that the US is seeking to colonize the rest of south east Asia away from Indian influence. The obviousness of US decline, and Chinese market access benefits, would make any Asian country naturally inclined to partner with China, the same way Canada is forced to submit to US.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/31642688

for capacity: https://insideevs.com/news/738124/toyota-portable-hydrogen-cartridge-fcev/#:~:text=Gallery%3A%20Toyota%20Portable%20Hydrogen%20Cartridges&text=Toyota%20didn't%20say%20how,of%20161%20grams%20of%20hydrogen.

161grams = 5kwh+ of heat energy or close to 3kwh of electric only energy in a fuel cell.

For drones, ebikes, powerstations, this would be higher electric weight density than batteries. And solves ebike/powerstation charging on the go problem.

Unclear how much of this is wishful thinking, but unipolar hegemony must end.

Besides blanket tariffs that make everything more expensive, letting Americans buy less stuff, there will be job losses from retaliation, and less money to buy other stuff.

There is unlikely to be mass reindustrialization of the US in the face of low demand, and not being exportable products due to retaliatory tariffs. Deporting 10m people will harm housing and banking and tax revenue and other demand for stuff.

Accelerating significantly this year. If EVs take off in US, it is yet another massive source of battery support for grid, that can drastically reduce net cost of EV.