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by icegreentea2 5mo ago
The total energy supply figure is a primary energy mix - for the fossil fuels it represents the thermal energy of the fuel. You can look at the final energy consumption section a bit lower to get a different picture taking into account conv
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by icegreentea2 5mo ago
Some crude averages from https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-produc... ~50% gasoline, ~25-30% diesel.
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by icegreentea2 6mo ago
Ukraine has concretely demonstrated their ability to perform deep missile/drone strikes (on the order of ~1500km) onto Russian strategic and economic assets. Ukrainian drone capabilities in the near battlefield (up to ~20-30km deep) ar
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by icegreentea2 6mo ago
Ukraine's "long range attack drones" are really just cost optimized cruise missiles. Long-range strike against strategic targets is something you can handle without man in loop control. For example, the original Tomahawks cou
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by icegreentea2 6mo ago
Reviews say that they have very very good, but not record breaking energy return and shock absorption. But what they are is insanely light at sub 100g. https://runrepeat.com/adidas-adizero-adios-pro-evo-3
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by icegreentea2 6mo ago
If you do tax revenue as % of GDP, you get the US falling at about 25%, with the OECD average sitting around 35%.
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by icegreentea2 6mo ago
I don't think the poster was saying that Orban wasn't bad, just that Cato saying something about it isn't particularly signifying. Also... neoliberalism is basically what you think of when you think "right-wing billionai
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by icegreentea2 6mo ago
No one has agreed to the Iran's 10 point plan, and they're not going to get all of it. The provisional ceasefire actually goes against the Iranian proposition. Point 2 explicitly is "permanent end to the war, not a ceasefire&
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by icegreentea2 6mo ago
SpaceX is an amazing success story, both as a commercial story, and as a story of government-industry cooperation. NASA should be proud and commended for fostering SpaceX. The question is why does SpaceX stand alone? Why did ULA stagnate? W
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by icegreentea2 6mo ago
There's a lot of potential in the announced changes and what SLS/Artemis might be able to become. This shouldn't prevent us from being critical of what SLS/Artemis most definitely has been for the previous 10-15 years. A
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by icegreentea2 6mo ago
The absolute cost isn't the problem, it's the value that we're getting from it. SLS and Artemis are both incredibly expensive and ramshackle programs, and regardless of how bad the rest of the USG might be in terms of their c
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by icegreentea2 6mo ago
I don't think its meaningful to talk about commercial/diplomat as such clear categories at this level. Bypassing dollar clearing is only really a commercial concern because it is a political/diplomatic concern. Diplomacy is t
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by icegreentea2 6mo ago
There's other news floating around from Citrini saying similar things - the actual substack post (behind a paywall https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/strait-of-hormuz-a-citrini... ), and some news coverage - https:
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by icegreentea2 6mo ago
Western reflexes towards isolationism comes from two factors: 1. Long-term backlash against unchecked globalization. Every western country has to come to grips with the long-term impacts of the deindustrialization that globalization has ena
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by icegreentea2 6mo ago
The Iranian's regime's minimal goal is regime security. To that end, it aims to apply maximum pressure/cost on Israel/US, and hope that they will relent at some point. Iran has no other means to actually cause the Israel
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by icegreentea2 6mo ago
Seems there are two parallel developments here: a) Rise of alternate forms of organizing trust. People distrust government or other organizations, and turn to alternative forms of organization and trust. b) Rise of digital wallet/trans
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by icegreentea2 6mo ago
The events of the last year certainly have a role to play, but the overall effect is just the result of trendlines that have been in play for quite a while. Here's a world gold council (i know...) review/survey of central banks go
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by icegreentea2 7mo ago
If you scroll down on the page, it'll show that the user fees only offset ~20% of the overall security expenses. In addition, most fees (including most of the TSA fee) collected by the US Federal government isn't earmarked - it ju
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by icegreentea2 7mo ago
As another post mentions, this definitely fits into the wider genre of morality/revenge/malicious compliance porn. Regardless of if this is real or fiction, AI generated or not, it's still porn. Porn isn't bad, but think
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by icegreentea2 7mo ago
It feels one sided because the author is an outsider - as the author readily admits - "It has been brought to my attention, however, that my blasé attitude toward sports makes me an outlier". Turning to some actual numbers - this
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by icegreentea2 7mo ago
For anyone wondering, passage and massage entered English at very different times. Passage entered in middle english (around 13th century), while massage entered in the 19th century.
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by icegreentea2 7mo ago
The argument is that the opportunity cost outweighs the marginal gains. The original argument (it's linked is that): * The major manufacturers are already restricting asbestos * That asbestos contamination is detrimental to cosmetic qu
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by icegreentea2 7mo ago
There are multiple tiers of missile (and ballistic missile defense). Especially with ballistic missiles, the longer the range, the faster the inbound warhead will be in the terminal phase (roughly). So longer range ~= faster meaning more di
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by icegreentea2 7mo ago
Air defenses do not need to be 100% effective to be... effective. Russia cannot keep Ukraine from targeting their oil infrastructure, yet here Russia is, still fighting on. Ukraine cannot prevent Russia from targeting their energy infrastru
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by icegreentea2 7mo ago
It's a provocative title, but I think this section better captures his scope of argument - "Collaboration-as-ideology has made ownership and responsibility feel antisocial, which is a hell of a thing, given that ownership is the o
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by icegreentea2 7mo ago
Yeah, this is really just a rant, there's nothing substantive here, other than a warning against assuming that the political/voting blowback will be meaningful, or assuming that Trump cannot hold out indefinitely.
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by icegreentea2 7mo ago
Because I love cabbage... the blog post shows "Gai lan" as an Asian example. There are so much more! You are probably aware of napa cabbage, but there's also Taiwan Cabbage (goes by other names of course...) https:/&#x2
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by icegreentea2 7mo ago
Yeah, this current project uses external sensors (a camera array/grid) for guidance. He's using potassium nitrate/sugar as his rocket fuel.
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by icegreentea2 7mo ago
Yeah, I remember thinking that about the 5th gen myself. But I think part of that way unclarity around when the 6th gen would appear. 2011ish would be a weird timeframe. Obama didn't announce the "pivot to Asia" until 2012. A
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by icegreentea2 7mo ago
I agree that European militaries need to be able to generate a lot of mass. But we would be remiss to pick up on some threads from both Ukraine and Iran. In Ukraine, the VKS is still able to generate substantial damage (both in tactical sup

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