All people, even, since borders are themselves something that only exist because we acknowledge them. Appropriate username for that.

At first that was WTF, but you know, now I’m seeing it.

I’d extend that to dictatorships and autocracies as well, since autocrats only have the power people around them give. The thing is, we’re all guilty, so kind of nobody is.

Like, in place of natural gas?

If you’re launching a rocket, sure. If cost or difficulty matters in any way compared to raw mass, not really.

It was talked about for cars where density kinda matters, but you could put them in a fuel cell that way instead of just burning it, and I’m not sure if it was ever anywhere close to economical.

The cost probably will go down, and with any luck the cost of polluting will go up, but electricity is going to be more practical for most things.

Yeah, but power sources that don’t spew fumes are for limp-wristed queers. /s

Y’know, usually the markets price things in well before they happened, but there was a whole lot of hopium this time that somehow a large-scale Middle Eastern war would not effect fossil fuel production and shipping.

There’s a whole bunch of other articles still talking about it, so that’s interesting. I might have to look deeper into it.

If the price makers behind the glut are under military siege or have their equipment blown up it’s academic, though.

I’m very anti-Zionist, the other guy wasn’t. 'nuff said.

I’d go through yours for things to misquote, but you’re a month-old sockpuppet.

Sure. Please explain that to whichever mod is the Zionist. Maybe I’ll actually speak out against it again, then.

I was trying to debunk someone pro-Israeli, so…

No, you misunderstand. I was arguing against a Zionist.

That actually got me a temp ban here once, as well.

It was even a nuanced “both sides are human” take, not Hamas is awesome. I know, I wasn’t expecting it for that either.

Yeah. The thing is, it’s the main emotional motivator there is here.

Yeah, but at that point it was pretty much a ghost town. The only acceptable commentary to some people is whatever they type to themselves.

It’s kind of typical human behavior. People love forming little groups and then wailing on any outsiders to them. It feels good.

Somehow, it’s way easier to get banned here than over there, though.

It’s slightly less obvious than “log off”.

I mean they’re literally taking orders from Washington, including giving tribute in the form of free oil.

Except he’s a world leader, not a shitposter, so his words actually have tangible repercussions in terms of blowback.

There’s no prize for most telling-it-as-it-is here. Global politics is not a Twitter thread.

I’ve also seen Reddit/Lemmy suggest dropping nukes on Russia is a good, moral and safe idea, and I’ve seen it often.

Like, why would you play armchair general, if you’re not actually interested in how any of this works?