War with Iran Part II
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Anonymous
Don’t worry. Iran just killed fellow pro Islamic extremists. Don’t be such a bleeding heart ❤️. We know you just love and care for the Iranian people. |
Anonymous
Anonymous
No he hasn’t. As of late April 2026 Iran has over 140 million barrels of crude and condensate stored on floating tankers. A significant portion waiting to be delivered or already in transit to China according to Vortexa. Most of this is sit in Chinese water. It’s enough to meet Chinese needs and fulfill Irans Chinese contracts for 3 months. China is doing fine. China has moved to electrify their economy. China relies on oil for 18% of their energy needs and has reached peak oil demand. Each year China needs less oil. The US for reference depends on oil for 38% of its energy needs. China is buying Saudi oil from Red Sea ports and most Iranian tankers are not being stopped. You need to take a break from the grifters and their fake news. Trump and republicans are con men and you are the mark. |
Anonymous
Trump always have only plan A. |
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So Kushner is going to Moscow first before negotiating with Iran.
He is the unelected and unconfirmed for anything son-in-law of Trump who can't get a security clearance. And he is going to Moscow to get instructions from Putin. Where is little Marco? Did his Florsheim shoes give him blisters? And where is JD Vance? Another holiday? Why aren't they all going to Moscow? Why just Jared Kushner? Rubio and Vance are completely frozen out from everything while the son-in-law pursues his greed and interests. |
Anonymous
Rubio wants low profile during this period. He will be out for invasion of Cuba. |
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News: Andre Agassi and Pierre Omidyar are shuttling back to Pakistan again to helm Round 2 of the U.S. negotiations with Iran.
Oh, sorry - I meant Jared and Witkoff. What is it going to take for this country to wake up and ask why in the F are two Jewish Zionists with zero foreign policy background involved in any way, shape or form in this process? I swear to god, how broken are we as a nation that these blatant conflicts of interest not already a national scandal? |
Anonymous
So China burns coal to make electricity. What is your point? |
Anonymous
Everyone is intermediated of this administration lawsuit or investigation this includes the media, big law firms, top universities and so on. This is how nations transition to authoritarian regimes. |
Anonymous
| * intimidated. |
Anonymous
It will be the quickest collapse of authoritarianism ever then because 2% of the population is going to keep the attention and subservience of the rest of their regime for about 45 minutes. |
Anonymous
DP. China generates roughly half their energy from renewables - mostly wind and solar. And if you were to visit Beijing or Nanjing today, you really won't see a lot of vehicles with combustion engines. BYD is bigger than Tesla. China is all in with renewables and EVs. China's dependency on oil decreases every year. They made some choices. But they are still buying oil from Iran. These changes don't happen overnight. So the US blocking oil to China is still a big deal. I will be amazed if Trump gets his summit with Xi next month. If it does happen, I'm sure Trump will be on the back foot. The US has been catastrophic in global affairs under Republican rule. And Xi and China are clearly the ascendent powers now. Republicans have been a gift to Chinese power. |
Anonymous
Iran about to get pounded
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Iran about to get pounded
A third US aircraft carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush, has arrived in waters near Iran along with its escorting warships, significantly expanding American military presence in the region.
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Anonymous
China is quickly moving on from coal. Even though China electrical grid is 2 1/2 times the size of the US grid many of is regional electrical grids are cleaner vs the US. In 2025 China added the following: Solar Power: Added 315 GW to 380 GW (varying by reporting standards), representing a roughly 35% annual increase. Wind Power: Added approximately 119 GW to 140 GW, a record high for the technology. Thermal Power (Coal & Gas): Added about 93 GW. While capacity grew, its actual share of total generation declined. Nuclear & Hydro: Added approximately 5 GW and 13.6 GW So China added 440-530 ish GW of renewable and nuclear in 2025. That is about equivalent to 1/2 the US electrical grid added in one year in renewables. For the first time since 2015 absolute coal-fired power generation fell in 2025 by approximately 1.6% to 1.9% (roughly 71–90 TWh). This was because renewables are cheaper vs coal or anything and renewables are quickly taking all the new power generation. It is just so inexpensive. Coal's share of China’s electricity generation dropped from 72% in 2015 to roughly 42.7% by 2025. Utilization Drop: The capacity factor(how often plants actually run) declined from about 60% in 2011 to 48.2% in 2025 as plants shift to a "supporting role" for renewables. This is because you can generate huge amounts of electricity with renewables to the point it drives prices negative for parts of the day- ie too much power on the grid. Retirements: China retired approximately 1 GW of coal power in the first half of 2025, with a target to retire a total of 30 GW by the end of 2025 under its 14th Five-Year Plan. By 2030 at current rates China will be cleaner vs the US. China will keeps its coal plant but as back ups to the grid and renewables. As is everything in power generation there is a lot of political considerations. Shutting down coal plants means mines shut down and jobs are lost in rural provinces. Stopping construction of planned plants means mistakes were made. As a result China and India will have a lot of stranded assets in the form of coal and nuclear plants. So what’s your point? |