War with Syria

People have been saying the world is going to end soon forever. I'm glad I don't understand "apocalyptic thinking", and continuing down that line of discussion will only sideline your perspective as a joke.

Solar Power does matter, but in your phrasing it is a magic bullet that will "solve all our power needs". I didn't say that. I said we need alternatives and said why, and that China's ridiculous subsidies to steal world production of solar cells was successful in weakening our domestic production. We're both playing a long game on the world energy market, and solar is going to be a part of that unless cold fusion pans out soon.

The more invested we are in oil, the more we will intervene in the middle east while parts of it continue to produce the cheapest oil in the world. Likewise if we become less invested in oil, and China more so, they may be compelled to intervene by force as we have had to. I'd like to see how that works out. They do share a border with Afghanistan.

tad10_sl said:

You brought up Solar Power as if it mattered. So yeah, you did.

Also, Iran would happily wipe Israel off the map given the opportunity. It's muddled thinking like yours and Biden's "They can have all the Fissile material they want" that is giving Iran the bomb.

And you wonder why I think civilization ends in 15ish years.

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Solar Power, as an industry matters because people are buying Solar Power. If people are buying it, people are making money off it.

Draegan_sl said:

Solar Power, as an industry matters because people are buying Solar Power. If people are buying it, people are making money off it.

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Solar Power doesn't matter when we're discussing replacing power generation via oil or gas.

@Agraza nothing good will happen when India and China tangle. Just lots of dead people.

mkopec_sl said:

You building a bunker yet? We should all get together and do a rerolled style bunker.

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Will there be trannies?

mkopec_sl said:

You building a bunker yet? We should all get together and do a rerolled style bunker.

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Bunkers are stupid. Farms that are miles and miles away from a main road are where it's at.

I wouldn't invite you pack of trannies to my utopia.

fanaskin_sl said:

Syria: nearly half rebel fighters are jihadists or hardline Islamists, says IHS Jane's report

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Who is Syria Rebel Watch? Seems like its coming from a blogger named "sam" with no other information. Anyone who knows about Memri knows that people play games with translations. Id like to see that interpretation verified by someone other than the mysterious "sam"

Oil pays far more in taxes then it takes in subsidies.
Wind is a fraud industry that only existed because of tax breaks and government forcing power companies to buy there unstable and erratic power. It would vanish overnight if it was forced to compete.
Solar has potential if they can get a cost effective storage system set up. Maybe the same could be said about wind but the industry is completely corrupt and just spends it time trying to gouge more government subsidies instead of actually trying to become cost competitive.

Siddar_sl said:

It would vanish overnight if it was forced to compete.

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Maybe the Oil Companies could defend their own pipelines, shipping lanes and keep the Middle East stable as well.

Lleauaric_sl said:

Maybe the Oil Companies could defend their own pipelines, shipping lanes and keep the Middle East stable as well.

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What pipelines are being defended? Shipping lanes have to be kept open for other things besides Oil. Middle East has never been stable.

So whats your point again?

Assad is an idiot but he at least seems like he isnt gullible or irrational. In his interview with 60 minutes he defended his talking points quite well, and presented some compelling arguments regarding his actions related to the war and how fluid the situation is there.

Obviously he is going to sell the public at largesomebullshit, and is going to slant the situation on the ground, but he appears to be in it for the long haul and isnt going to lay down. He pointed out with great enthusiasm that Egypts uprising took only 3 weeks to topple Mubarak, highlighting his pleasure in the fact that his government has held on to power for more than 2 years in the midst of a civil war and a larger religious strife with Sunni's. The longer it goes on the more resolve he will acquire. His top level military positions are basically coup proof, as they are all Alawites. They arent going to defect knowing what that would mean to them and their families, so they basically HAVE to continue to fight in Assads name. Non Alawi's are much more likely to jump the fence, but this long into the conflict, its highly unlikely whoever hasnt defected, will decide to at this point.

President Barack Obama signed an order on Monday waiving a part of the U.S. Arms Export Control Act to permit U.S. authorities to supply protective equipment to Syrian opposition members to guard against chemical weapons. The order also extends to international organizations.