I'm kinda shocked untrusting folks use parler if it asking for social security number
yeah I linked that article a few days ago ... ironies of ironies
and instead of being an exporting powerhouse we have negative trade balances, esp with Asia
Hopefully the demographics situation and lack of readily available energy will lead to a dramatic decrease in population. Perhaps back to the mean.
I don't like being negative it truly looks like the end of the West as the leading bloc in the world
we're the next Portugal
@nachik it's not negativity it's reality
Under the current energy regime.
energy is more relevant to the US
than it is to us
the UK can be carried by services and finance to an extent the whole USA can't
we're like just NY, IL, and the New England region
How much is the calorie of food subsidized with external energy in the UK?
actually the UK produces significant amounts of food locally
@nachik We, apparently, traffic in weapons, so our military industrial complex never becomes obsolete. Make current superior weapons available to force ourselves to build better ones.
about 70-80% will be 90% after the fisheries are taken back
I didn't realize that
I'll have to look into it
we have no deserts in the UK
and a lot of good waters around us
it's cold but for these purposes it's productive
The UK has a much smaller land foot print that the us
yea
And much smaller population
the UK is like I said before, just like a fraction of the US North-East
in both size and with similar density if you include NY
particularly England is dense
Wales is medium density
Getting smaller via climate change... once that giant chunk of ice shelf melts.
Scotland pretty empty
nah that's actually propaganda
I've seen these predictions come and go several times in my lifetime
If Biden wins and Trump folks flee to Canada do you think they'll ask for money to build a wall to keep people out 🤔
if anything, Scotland will become more fertile if it gets warmer, most of the UK is near arctic north of Watford
but speaking of the shorter term
energy is a big deal for the US
NATO power won't survive the US committing energetic seppuku
Removed the server. Unreal
when? @Repeat
Actually what is more likely to happen is the freshwater melt will cause the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation current to shut down.
