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Tag Archives: fossil fuels
Venezuela under attack: there will be consequences
So, it has started. Jan 3, 2026. Venezuela covers an area of approximately 916,445 square kilometers (353,841 square miles), making it the 32nd largest country in the world. It is roughly 11 times smaller than the United States. Al Jazeera Wikipedia Venezuelans … Continue reading
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Tagged China, conflict, contradicting Trump, crime rates, criminals, Cuba, Delcy Rodriguez, economic strangulation, fossil fuels, geopolitical consequences, international anarchy, international law, Iran, Latin America, Maduro, Marco Rubio, maritime strategy, Mexico, military force, mobsters, regime change by US, ruling by military force, Russia, Stephen Miller, taiwan, troops on ground, Trump, ukraine, United Nations, US, venezuela, violence
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Maritime Lifelines: ‘boxing in’ before winner takes all (and planet dies)
A few days ago, an uninhabited Venezuelan dock was hit by a CIA strike: CIA carries out first drone strike on Venezuelan soil in latest escalation of Trump admin’s attacks on ‘narco terrorists’ US targeted alleged drug traffickers in first-known … Continue reading
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Tagged aggression, Arctic melt, Black Sea, broligarchs, Caribbean, coastal, conflict, cuts to funding, Denmark, ethiopia, fossil fuels, fraud rumours, Gaza, Georgia, glacier, Greenland, IDF, indifference, indigenous peoples, innocents killed, israel, lifeline to land locked, maritime trade routes, Minnesota, murder, oligarchs, Palestinian land, Pituffik Space Base, poverty, power grabs, propaganda, real estate, Russia, Saudi Arabia coalition, scarce resources, Somalia, sovereignty, Sudan RSF, theft, ukraine, US, US military, US personnel, venezuela, war, war crimes, wealth, West Bank, Yemen port
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Oil Reserves
Oil is a finite commodity. Oil reserves that remain have a calculation attached which tells producers how many years remain that they could expect wealth from this fossil fuel. Present regimes of United States, Russia and Saudi Arabia might not … Continue reading
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Tagged battle for resources, fossil fuels, oil reserves, Russia, Saudi Arabia, United States of America, venezuela
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Human activity heating the planet
As a frightening storm Melissa pounds Jamaica and moves agonisingly slowly toward poverty stricken Cuba, we know we are all responsible for the cause of these increasingly more common nightmare scenarios: Why Hurricane Melissa is one of the strongest Atlantic … Continue reading
Drill, baby, drill…..
The United States, Saudi Arabia, and Russia are the leading producers of oil in the world. There are two major oil contracts that are closely watched by oil market participants. In North America, the benchmark for oil futures is West Texas … Continue reading
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Tagged Caribbean, conflict, crude, drilling for oil, emissions, end game, finite resource, fossil fuels, marine life, oceans, pollution, South America, war
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River PFAS pollution
I am reproducing a Conversation article. It is sad that America has just reversed the magnificent decision to ban PFAS:
Climate change, sea levels rising, countries sinking
In past blogs I have written about land which sank beneath the oceans after the Ice Age melt began over 10,000 years ago. Now the world knows the Arctic and Antarctic ice caps are melting and sea levels are rising … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic melt, Boreal Forest, burn scars, climate change evidence, datacenters, drought, emissions, energy production, fooding, fossil fuels, glacier melt, human activity induced apocalyptic fires, human suffering, indigenous peoples, infrastructure destruction, loss of home, methane, migration, natural cycke of fires, permafrost melt, petroleum industry, pristine land, recognition of harm, responsibility, sea level rises, shrinking resources, sinking land, sovereignty, submerged land, survival, survival of humanity, threat, wildfires
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Mexico, Venezuela, Canada and US warships – and oil
Today I learned Mexico and Canada have devised new trade routes: Canada and Mexico are developing a trade route called the “Northern Corridor” to bypass U.S. tariffs, enhancing their economic ties and reducing reliance on the U.S. market. This corridor … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Canada, Chevron, Equador, fossil fuels, Hawaii, isolationism, Maduro, Mexico, money transactions, oil, OPEC, pretext, pretext of 'narco state', Puerto Rico, secret database, sending funds by wire, targetting oil reserves, threats, tracing immigrants, trade, US tariffs, venezuela, Washington
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Datacenters, bitcoin mining energy use: hits availability of electricity and raises costs steeply
Paul Krugman writes today on Substack: Placing tech companies in Pentagon: On June 13, 2025, the Army will officially swear in four tech leaders. Det. 201 is an effort to recruit senior tech executives to serve part-time in the Army Reserve … Continue reading
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