It takes the Navy three years to build a ship. It will take three hundred years to build a new tradition. China will be noting the unwillingness of the USN and USA generally to accept casualties. (View Post)

The government uses / wastes too much fuel itself for rationing to be politically sustainable. Using taxis to take SEND kids to school or asylum seekers to the doctors (View Post)

If there's no planning then that would be the fault of the US military, however I think there has been but Trump is unwilling to accept what the planning reports. I'd suggest that Trump has… (View Post)

Though the energy gap itself reduces as higher prices reduces usage. Plus new investment and technology can also reduced usage - my energy usage has certainly fallen from 2022 as I now have more ener… (View Post)

People talk about how much oil passes through Hormuz. Perhaps a better question is how much of the world's energy passes through Hormuz. And also how much world energy supply in total would incr… (View Post)