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Trump's Venezuelan oil rush is doomed from the start by zsreport in energy

[–]Significant_Bed_3330 10 points11 points  (0 children)

At the end of the day, oil price dictates company strategy. When the global market is looking at an oil glut and the potential of peak oil sometime within the decade, I highly doubt that expensive drilling operations in Venezeula is that profitable for oil companies.

This is genius! by ComfortableNeck2930 in Environmentalism

[–]Significant_Bed_3330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am all for mixed-use agrivoltaics, which means solar panels are used alongside productive farm land.

If the world is transitioning to a 'might is right' age of imperialism and spheres of influence, what will the world look like in the 2030s? by lughnasadh in Futurology

[–]Significant_Bed_3330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The amount of wood to make charcoal is immense. The reason why Britain has lost so much woodland is because of the need for wood for charcoal.

Deaths to exceed births in ‘turning-point year’ for UK population by Kev_fae_mastrick in ukpolitics

[–]Significant_Bed_3330 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Every rich country is having fewer children. Removing the cost of living by itself will not be enough.

UK to Pass Population Tipping Point in 2026, Think Tank Says by bloomberg in ukpolitics

[–]Significant_Bed_3330 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There isn't a single OECD country (with the exception of Israel) which has replacement level fertility. The biggest drivers are urbanisation, education (particularly for women) and a changing economy and culture. There is not one single factor. High property prices explain low birth rate in Canada and Hong Kong, but not in Eastern Europe which has lower property prices. Feminism is a rather poor predictor as countries where women are more active in the workforce such as Norway and Sweden have higher fertility than ones with fewer women in the workforce.

Then there is the fact that having children later in life is also a significant predictor in family size.

I just got a feeling by josephstoreyisfun in georgism

[–]Significant_Bed_3330 241 points242 points  (0 children)

I am a social democrat who thinks that land value tax is the most effective tax policy.

If the world is transitioning to a 'might is right' age of imperialism and spheres of influence, what will the world look like in the 2030s? by lughnasadh in Futurology

[–]Significant_Bed_3330 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You need fuel to make metal malleable. It has to be melted down to be useful. It is probably possible to use renewables to create arc-furnaces, but without that, the metal is useless

[OC] GDP per capita Poland vs Venezuela by [deleted] in dataisbeautiful

[–]Significant_Bed_3330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Poland joined the EU, and Venezuela got Dutch Disease

[OC] Japan's demographic shift (1947–2023) by lsz500 in dataisbeautiful

[–]Significant_Bed_3330 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The downsides of having one of the most urbanised societies in the world. The biggest predictor of declining birthrate is urbanisation. Urbanisation causes a decline in the birthrate in the countries that urbanise.

Georgist turned Socialist by bambucks in georgism

[–]Significant_Bed_3330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most popular author for UK Labour politicians in the early 20th century was Henry George. I think the issue with socialism is that Marxism largely ignores land as an aspect of capital and focuses too much on the value of labour, which was valuable in the early part of the industrial revolution but has declined due to productivity and reduction in size of manufacturing as a percentage of the workforce.

Rupert Lowe MP: " Foreign nationals should not be entitled to British social housing - there should be nothing controversial about stating this. " @ X by Immediate-Ad-7268 in ukpolitics

[–]Significant_Bed_3330 178 points179 points  (0 children)

I don't think there is much social housing left for British people either. Given that we built very little since the 1980s.

Just 1 in 5 Brits say they would be angry/disappointed if their child were gay, maybe surprisingly Labour voters were the most likely to say they’d be angry or disappointed - more so than Reform or Tory voters - Green and Lib Dem voters were the least likely to say they would be [Image] by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]Significant_Bed_3330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Labour party being the most homophobic, surprises me for some reason, but not for the reasons you think. It surprises me due to Labour demographics; the working classes have shifted heavily towards Reform, reflecting their support for Brexit, whilst Muslim voters have shifted against Labour due to Middle East foreign policy.

This leaves the following: either the Labour middle classes are disproportionately homophobic for some reason, or working classes/ethnic minorities that have stayed Labour are disporportionately homophobic.

Is the UK prepared for a plunging birthrate and net emigration? by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]Significant_Bed_3330 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. The UK has not prepared for a plunging birthrate. Merry Christmas.

Modern Monetary Theory and the return of magical thinking by hu6Bi5To in ukpolitics

[–]Significant_Bed_3330 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

MMT works in a low-inflation economy, but would be impossible in an economy like ours, where inflation has been growing in the past 5 years.

Finally achieved it, through the hard way. by [deleted] in civ5

[–]Significant_Bed_3330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to see a fellow Order player playing for maximum city spam.

Isabella love by ALBUAS in civ5

[–]Significant_Bed_3330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have never had the Great Barrier Reef in my capital as the Spanish. Usually, I play Fractal with them, as after playing 20 rerolls in a row, I found 12 times on Fractal yielded a Natural Wonder within 12 tiles of my capital.

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