His stuff is good.One of my favorite speakers on the topic...
Interesting article from Fortune on the petrodollar:
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2 years ago, Saudi Arabia quietly canceled the ‘petrodollar’ deal with America that wired the world economy for 50 years. Then war broke out in Iran | Fortune
China’s “petroyuan” system is a player in a way that it wasn’t before.fortune.com
With the Sea Lion oil field advancing, combined with the weakness of the Royal Navy now, wonder if Argentina is going to take another look at The Falklands?
That brings up a good question: how capable are the Queen Elizabeth’s as it was implied earlier that without AEW, Growlers and AR, carriers were not effective. And considering the size difference between the QE’s (65,000 tons), America class ginormous LPH’s (40,000 tons) and Izumos (27,000 tons) are some useful without the aircraft that have to be catapulted?The 'weakness' of the RN is far outweighed by the laughable state of the Argentinian armed forces. Plus, while smaller than it used to be I am not sure I would call a navy with F-35B-equipped carrier/s (they can only equip one at a time, but still...) and Tomahawk-armed subs 'weak'.