International Russia/Ukraine Megathread V10

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Rod1 said:
The US should just expand its strategic oil reserves capacity and just play the markets, the strategic oil reserve was used perfectly in 2022 when both Saudis and American oil companies decided to pressure Biden's administration.

Just buy enough that you can last 1-2 years and any leverage OPEC gets is lost.
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I mean that's a short term fix, that doesn't really fix the issue of running out of domestic sources within the next hundred years but still needing 20m+ bpd just to function.
 
Rod1 said:
Most Canadian oil is in the form of

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Yeah, not something as simple as drilling a hole in the ground.

Meanwhile saudi oil is mostly light crude that flows freely.
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Yes I know, however Germany wanted more LNG and hydrogen which I believe a deal can be made out but of course Canada getting the product to Germany is the current issue. And Germany being able to take it without the current infrastructure is a tad of a roadblock. However long term getting away from Russian oil has to be key for any EU member .
 
Rod1 said:
Most Canadian oil is in the form of

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Yeah, not something as simple as drilling a hole in the ground.

Meanwhile saudi oil is mostly light crude that flows freely.
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However they does have a lot of this stuff...
Ofc to produce from this isn't cheap there are a lot of bonuses: jobs, local production etc etc....
 
Hydrogen might be produced in europe and is lucrative solution because might be produced from water by using electricity in moments when electricity is cheap...like some energy storage solution.....
It is like pumped storage hydroelectric power plants ....they pump up water to upper basin when electricity is cheap or production is higher than grid needs in this moment.
Then when demand is high, water from upper basin is released and is running trubines and producing electricity....
LNG and propane, butane ofc too are good energy sources....
 
grimballer said:
yeah, winter was warmer than usual... thats why europeans didn't freeze and russians didnt make big moves on the frontlines.
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Yeah, sure. That's it. It was that warm winter that did it. Not the 70,000 dead that held them back.

grimballer said:
they did take big chunk of territory in and around bakhmut that western media pretends "is no big deal" and ukraine is "winning"
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Well it's refreshing to see you admit that Russia hadn't taken Bakhmut yet. Just remember that your source lied to you, again.

grimballer said:
btw is russian economy gonna collapse soon? how about putin being taken down in a coup?

western media said it, so it must be true
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It would help if you didn't exaggerate to try and score a win. The media reported that the russian economy would suffer under sanctions, and it most certainly has; and that putin's popularity would crash (also true). If you want to spin the current russian situation as a win, by all means, go right ahead.
 
Rational Poster said:
I mean that's a short term fix, that doesn't really fix the issue of running out of domestic sources within the next hundred years but still needing 20m+ bpd just to function.
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If the US still needs 20m+ bpd to function 100 years from now then OPEC will be our least of worries, it means the world failed to stop using fossil fuels and global warming fuckery will become a huge issue for coastal settlements.
 
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grimballer said:
they did take big chunk of territory in and around bakhmut that western media pretends "is no big deal" and ukraine is "winning"
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Remember when Mariupol fell and you were claiming that it meant Ukrainian war efforts were about to collapse just to have the Kharkiv offensive a few months later, now we are looking at something similar, once the Ukrainian offensive starts we will miss you as you will go back to hiding.

BTW now its 1 month and 10 days since you said Bakhmut was going to fall in a week.
 
lsa said:
The Finns now get to feel the wrath of Russia!!

"
Prime Minister Sanna Marin and the Helsinki region's traffic have all been exposed to hacker attacks during the day, Finnish media reports.

According to Yle, the Russian hacker group NoName 057(16) claimed responsibility. They write on their Telegram channel that the attacks are a response to Finland becoming a NATO member today.

- We are sending Finland to NATO escorted by an overload attack, writes the group."

OMG how will they survive?!?
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WTF? Why cyber attack the outgoing Prime Minister?? lol
 
San Marino said:
Just enough not to lose but not enough to win.
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Unfortunately I would concur. And it's also noted that they Ukrainians are being giving many different weapons systems, in small numbers, almost like it's being used as a giant live arms expo...
 
San Marino said:
Indeed.
I still don't know how these western tanks to Ukraine will be deployed. Frankly, I'm not putting much faith in them. People seem to think of the tank as a 'wonder' weapon. It is not. Attack helicopters and bombers would have been a much better choice. Again, Ukraine is getting just enough help not to lose this conflict, but not enough help to win it.
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F16's would change the course of the war overnight, BUT Biden will not send them because they could apparently strike well into Russian territory (500 mile range), so they say. I really don't see Ukraine backstabbing the US and bombing the shit out of Russian territory if they are given F16's. Theoretically they could bomb Moscow from Kharkiv on a one way suicide mission but I really can't see them doing that as it would end their NATO application instantly and any further supplies. The other issue is the F16's need well maintained clean runways which Ukraine are in short supply of.
 
aries said:
WTF? Why cyber attack the outgoing Prime Minister?? lol
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I think its more the official websites of the government and not her personally.
But we knew Russia would strike back at Finland for joining NATO and now they did.
A good old Ddos attack.. high level stuff
 
aries said:
F16's would change the course of the war overnight, BUT Biden will not send them because they could apparently strike well into Russian territory (500 mile range), so they say. I really don't see Ukraine backstabbing the US and bombing the shit out of Russian territory if they are given F16's. Theoretically they could bomb Moscow from Kharkiv on a one way suicide mission but I really can't see them doing that as it would end their NATO application instantly and any further supplies. The other issue is the F16's need well maintained clean runways which Ukraine are in short supply of.
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F-16's would not change the war overnight because it would take around a year for them to actually be used in the war. The logistics and training would take that long to set up (or even longer.) The spring counter offensive will have happened way before that.

On top of that, Russia still has tons of SAMS in their territory. They make so many tactical mistakes but Russia, long ago, already decided the US has air superiority with their jets and responded with a hornets nest in anti-air missiles.

And they could bomb Moscow right now if they were simply given longer range HIMARS missiles.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vEGvoLnDQCU
 
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