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Step 1: Invade Venezuela. Step 2: Get their oil. Step 3: Use the Navy to cut off all global oil imports to China. Step 4: ???????? Step 5: Profit (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago by KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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This is coming from the Financial Times, so this is what the serious, sane capitalists actually believe. Xi, please, you have to see what's happening, right? xi-button

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[-] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 39 points 3 months ago

in 10 years china isn't going to fucking need oil imports lmao they'll be like at least 60-70% solar/wind/hydro powered, and Xinjiang still has a shitload of oil

[-] Des@hexbear.net 34 points 3 months ago

in 10 years they will probably have thorium and even fusion reactors covering that last 30% and be starting construction on an orbital solar array

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 25 points 3 months ago

The government pays Elon Musk to sabotage the array and all it does is just end up dropping orbital garbage across the Lower 48

lathe-of-heaven

[-] Des@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

add this to the lathe: somehow he knocks out half his entire constellation of satellites as well by insisting on personally calculating (asking grok) the orbital rendezvous maneuver because hes such a junus

[-] Wheaties@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

Don't they already have energy positive thorium reactors? I thought there was a shipping vessel that runs on thorium as proof of concept

[-] KelvinSpace@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

I think they have working prototype reactors but that’s about it for now. They have plans to build some pilot plants and hopefully if things go well they’ll expand from there.