https://xcancel.com/AnnaDeMilanese/status/2075621119663452248

Top tier analysis from this German expert in geopolitics and military strategy.

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[–] 73 points 3 months ago (3 children)

All I’m seeing here is that Russia is getting access to great Chinese EV’s and America isn’t

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  • [–] 51 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    Russia’s fuel crisis is so bad that a mom and her baby waited in line for 18 hours to get gas — ‘Are we in the Soviet Union?’

    “I was horrified: Are we in the Soviet Union now where you had to get coupons to buy sausage?” Sadovnikova, a 26-year-old who works in social media, told the Times.

    Fortune

    26 y/o lol. Every time I see that I do the math in my head. 2026 - 26 = 2000. Never quite make it back to 1991 or before.

    We had someone running for city council on a platform of preventing communism because she knew what communism was like since she was adopted by an american family (Romania) in 1995. She is 34 y/o

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  • [–] 40 points 3 months ago

    I was baby when the USSR was kicking around and all I remember from that time is the Berlin wall and some rumors and gossip about nuclear war, maybe, some day. So to be only 34 and be like "uh yeah I lived in the soviet union" is fool shit.

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  • [–] 45 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Western media:

    Norway buying evs = example

    Russia, Cuba and China buying evs = coutries are cooked

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  • [–] 39 points 3 months ago

    those FOOLS are reducing their dependence on FOSSIL FUELS farquaad-point

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  • [–] 38 points 3 months ago

    parenti-hands If the EV dealerships are empty it's a sign that nobody can afford EVs, if the EV dealerships are full, it's a sign that they're suffering inflated fuel prices

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  • [–] 31 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Today I looked up a list of current gas prices in Europe. While most countries were over EUR 2 per litre, Russia was EUR 0.8 something per litre, having the cheapest gas in Europe. It could be that official prices are being kept artificially low by the evil scheming regime while the black market flourishes, it could be the numbers were outdated, it could be the source was simply lying — or it could be that Russia is an oil producing country with an abundance of fossil fuels for the domestic market.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    have those prices risen a little bit recently? i could have sworn it was way lower at one point. by comparison, that's a bit more than $3 per gallon, which is low but not unreasonably low by US standards. obviously nothing about this discounts your comment or makes the OP any less ai-hallucinated but europe always had expensive gas anyway.

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  • [–] 29 points 3 months ago

    I saw some clickbait thumbnail about how Ukraine just won the war and seized all of Crimea and even much of Russia. Everyone just trying to pray nonsense into existence

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  • [–] 24 points 3 months ago

    It's bad when objectively good things happen, actually.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 months ago

    So Russia is just a gas station but it's also out of gas

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Ignoring the fact it's typical unfalsifable orthodoxy bullshit, why are they even gloating about it? If Russia really become more dependant on China, it means their main enemy became more powerful and Russia itself harder to imperialise.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago

    Just re-read Masses, Elites and Rebels and then saw this. Lol

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Gas is somehow fucking 3.50 a gallon near me and I'd still give my left nut if it meant being able to buy a Chinese EV at actual chinese prices. Thanks, Joe Biden, for that 100% tariff! Thanks, highway safety losers, for lying and saying BYD cars are unsafe!

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Um....correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't Russia produce fuel? Also is this person saying that Ukraine was selling fuel to Russia until recent worker strikes? Am I misunderstanding this post or is the author extrapolating a lot from the sale of Chinese EVs?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I think they're suggesting Ukraine has hit enough Russian refineries to severely limit capacity. I haven't been paying attention to ukraine so idk if that happened, though

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    "chatGPT, write me a tweet explaining why russia is going to collapse in 10 days"

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago

    Usisukr was an ancient power that caused a global cataclysm that inadvertently resulted in the end of the Fossil Power Age. Usisukr wanted to control all of the Fossil Power for itself, but this was a foolish desire that spelled the end of Usisukr's dominion and the end of Fossil magicks.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago

    IT'S OVER PUTLER

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  • [+] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)
  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    20-30ish % efficiency drop in capacity IIRC and, model depending, they've designed ways to mitigate it.

    Could be better could be worse I guess.

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  • While using it. But when you’re not using it the battery still has to be kept warm. Unless you’re parking in a heated )or just insulated) garage you’re still getting that loss of energy. In extreme colds you basically need to keep it plugged in to some sort of power. But that’s not much different from a gas or diesel car.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

    From what I’ve read the newer ones charge more easily and last longer in the cold than older ones did. I’d love to hear from someone with some experience though. I don’t know how many Hexbears are running around with newish Chinese EVs in cold climates for comparison though.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago

    New ones are equipped with heat pumps to efficiently keep the battery at temp, but the battery is the thing powering the heat pump and heat pumps are a lot worse at heating than cooling.

    Regardless, EVs don't uniquely suck in the cold. ICE engines also lose a bunch of efficiency and range in cold weather, that's just the name of the game.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Don't EVs generally suck in the cold?

    Yes, but it's a stereotype that Russians only live in areas where's "it's cold". If you look at population densities/distributions of Russia, you'll find that they live pretty much the same latitudes as other European countries.

    That big blog towards the left is Moscow, the largest urban agglomeration in all of Europe. Aside from St. Petersburg (~5 million people), pretty much all the big urban agglomerations are on the same latitude or more southern than Moscow. And Moscow is on the same latitude as Copenhagen and Edinburgh. Yes it gets a little colder there in winter, but that's just 2-3 months. No reason why EVs wouldn't work in Russia.

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  • [+] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
    [–] 8 points 3 months ago

    You know how you can look at someone, the way they carry their body and face, and determine "this person is not as smart as they think they are."

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